Table 3.

Virulence gene profiles in CoNS/M. sciuri isolates recovered from DFUs and Healthy skin (n = 26)

	M.sciuri (n = 1) n(%)	S.caprae (n = 2) n(%)	S.epidermidis (n = 10) n(%)	S.haemolyticus (n = 8) n(%)	S.hominis (n = 1) n(%)	S.saprophyticus (n = 1) n(%)	S.simulans (n = 3) n(%)	Total (n = 26) n(%)	*p-value
ACME	0(0)	0(0)	9(90)	0(0)	0(0)	0(0)	0(0)	9(34.6)	0.001

*Chi-squared test was used to calculate p-values for describing the association between genes and species, p-values < 0.05 were considered statistically significant

Values are numbers and percentages in brackets