Table 5.

Distribution of toxin genes among of MRSA strains isolated from bloodstream infections in sickle cell disease (SCD) patients, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (N = 34)

Toxin genes*	percent (%)
Sea + seb	17.6%
Sea + sec	2.9%
Sea + pvl	26%
Seb + pvl	20.6%
Sec + pvl	0
Sec + tst	0
Sea + tst	2.9%
Seb + tst	0
Sec + hla + hlg	8.8%
Seb + hla + hlg	41.1%
Sea + hlg + hla	38.2%
Pvl + hlg + hla	55.9%
Tst + hlg + hla + pvl	5.9%

*sea = Staphylococcal enterotoxin A, Tst = Toxic shock syndrome toxin-1, pvl = Panton-Valentine leukocidin, hlg = Gamma-hemolysin gene, seb = Staphylococcal enterotoxin B, and sec = Staphylococcal enterotoxin C