Table 3. Virulence gene combinations in coagulase-negative Staphylococci.
MSCoNS - methicillin-susceptible coagulase-negative staphylococci
| Virulence genes in single isolates | ||||
| Virulence genes | MSCoNS (n = 6) | |||
| aap, fbe, embp | 1 | |||
| icaAB, aap | 1 | |||
| icaAB, fbe, atlE | 1 | |||
| icaAB, atlE, | 1 | |||
| icaAB, atlE, fbe | 1 | |||
| icaAB, embp | 1 | |||
| Virulence genes in multiple isolates | ||||
| Virulence genes | Number of isolates (n = 30) | MRCoNS (n = 11) | MSCoNS (n = 19) | |
| fbe, atlE, embp | 10 | 3 | 7 | |
| atlE, embp | 9 | 2 | 7 | |
| aap, fbe, atlE, embp | 3 | - | 3 | |
| icaAB, aap, fbe, atlE, embp | 2 | 2 | - | |
| icaAB, aap, fbe, atlE | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| aap, fbe, embp | 2 | 2 | - | |
| fbe, aap | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Single virulence genes in multiple isolates | ||||
| Virulence genes | Number of isolates (n = 14) | MRCoNS (n = 8) | MSCoNS (n = 6) | |
| icaAB | 5 | 4 | 1 | |
| atlE | 4 | 1 | 3 | |
| fbe | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| aap | 1 | - | 1 | |
| embp | 1 | 1 | - | |