TABLE 3.

Pathogenicity profiles of tst-positive MSSA strains under study at the Otto-von-Guericke University and the RCCF in Flechtingen, Germany

Toxin genes	No. of MSSA (n = 33) positive for toxin genes
sei, tst	5
sec, sei, tst	4
sed, sei, tst	1
seg, sei, tst	6
seh, sei, tst	1
sei, sej, tst	1
sea, seg, sei, tst	4
sec, seg, sei, tst	1
sec, seg, sej, tst	1
sed, sei, sej, tst	4
seg, sei, sej, tst	1
sea, seg, sei, sej, tst	1
seb, sed, sei, sej, tst	2
sec, seg, sei, sej, tst	1