Table 1.
Ratio of staphylococcal species isolated from the skin of DS–Nh mice under conventional conditions and each superantigen produced by isolated S. aureus
| Weeks under conventional conditions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 25 | |
| Type of Staphylococcus and % frequency | ||||||
| ″S. aureus | 0 | 0 | 60 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| ″S. cohniiB | 78 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ″S. epidermidis | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ″S. gallinarum | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ″S. sciuri | 10 | 30 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ″S. xylosus | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ″S. warneri | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ″Others | 4 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Type of SAs and their % frequency produced by S. aureus | ||||||
| ″SEA | – | – | 0·0 | 0·0 | 0·0 | 0·0 |
| ″SEB | – | – | 0·0 | 0·0 | 0·0 | 0·0 |
| ″SEC | – | – | 3·3 | 96·0 | 100·0 | 100·0 |
| ″SED | – | – | 0·0 | 0·0 | 0·0 | 0·0 |
| ″SEE | – | – | 0·0 | 0·0 | 0·0 | 0·0 |
| ″TSST | – | – | 0·0 | 0·0 | 0·0 | 0·0 |
| ″ND | – | – | 96·7 | 4·0 | 0·0 | 0·0 |