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. 2023 Sep 19;14:1225472. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1225472

Table 3.

Distribution of virulence factors according to sensitivity toward methicillin (MSSA vs. MRSA) and CC types.

No Enterotoxins Exfoliative toxins Toxic shock syndrome Other virulence factors SEs positivea
sea/sep seb sec seg seh sei sek sel sem sen seo seq seu eta etb tst lukF-PV scn (%)
Methicillin sensitivity
MSSA 97 12 3 9 0 10 0 2 9 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 3 2 51 27 (27.8%)
MRSA 20 2 6 1 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 1 2 18 7 (35.0%)
CC types
CC398 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18 0 (0.0%)
CC5 14 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 (14.3%)
CC6 10 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 6 (60.0%)
CC15 10 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 (10.0%)
a

Numbers in parentheses indicate the prevalence of enterotoxin genes in each category.