Table 2. Distribution of the virulence genes of coagulase-negative Staphylococci.
Virulence genes | Total | Percentage | MRCoNS (n=122) | Percentage | MSCoNS (n=81) | Percentage | P-value* |
atlE | 33 | 16.2% | 9 | 7.3% | 24 | 29.6% | 0.000026 |
embp | 30 | 14.77% | 10 | 8.1% | 20 | 24.6% | 0.001183 |
fbe | 27 | 13.3% | 11 | 9.1% | 16 | 19.7% | 0.027385 |
icaAB | 17 | 8.37% | 9 | 7.3% | 8 | 9.8% | 0.528978 |
aap | 14 | 6.8% | 6 | 4.9% | 8 | 9.8% | 0.17216 |