TABLE 3.
Distribution of SE genes sea to see, seg to sej, and tst (encoding toxic shock syndrome toxin) in S. aureus isolates from different sourcesa
| Source (n) | No. (%) of isolates positive for different combinations of SE genes
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| Any SE gene | sea/seg/tst | seb | sec/tst | sed/sej | seg | sei | seg/sei | seh | sed/seg/sei/sej | |
| Bovine bulk milk (117) | 59 (50.4) | 2 (1.7) | 23 (19.7) | 3 (2.6) | 17 (14.5) | 3 (2.6) | 3 (2.6) | 7 (6) | 1 (0.8) | |
| Caprine bulk milk (114) | 65 (57) | 64 (56) | 1 (0.9) | |||||||
| Raw-milk products (27) | 18 (67) | 2 (7.4) | 9 (33.3) | 2 (7.4) | 1 (3.7) | 4 (14.8) | ||||
| Total (258) | 142 (55) | 2 (0.8) | 2 (0.8) | 96 (37.2) | 3 (1.2) | 17 (6.6) | 5 (1.9) | 5 (1.9) | 11 (4.3) | 1 (0.4) |
a
Results from the present study are presented together with results from a previous study (20).