Table 11.

Correlation of S. aureus antibiotic resistance genes between MRSA (N = 17) isolates and S. aureus (N = 10) isolates.

Gene	Type of Bacteria	Positive N, Positive%	Negative N, Negative%	p Values *
blaZ	MRSA	30 (100)	0 (0)	1
	SA	17 (100)	0 (0)
mecA	MRSA	30(100)	0 (0)	1
	SA	17 (10)	0 (0)
tetK	MRSA	17 (56.7)	13 (43.3)	0.003
	SA	2 (11.5)	15 (88.2)
tetM	MRSA	0 (0)	30 (100)	1
	SA	0 (0)	17 (100)
ermA	MRSA	0 (0)	30 (100)	1
	SA	0 (0)	17 (87.5)
ermB	MRSA	0 (0)	30 (100)	1
	SA	0 (0)	17 (100)
rmC	MRSA	8 (26.7)	22 (73.3)	0.31
	SA	7 (41.2)	10 (58.8)

* Correlation between S. aureus antibiotic resistance genes in MRSA and SA bacteria.