TABLE 5.
Association of gene profile and development of TSS
| TSS occurrence | No. of cases | No. (%) of isolates with the following genes:
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| speAa | speCb | smeZa | cpa-1b | fbp-54b | prtf-1c | sfbc | ||
| TSS | 47 | 29 (62) | 10 (21) | 22 (47) | 20 (43) | 20 (43) | 0 (0) | 3 (6) |
| Non-TSS | 123 | 48 (39) | 61 (50) | 32 (26) | 23 (19) | 23 (19) | 11 (9) | 33 (27) |
P < 0.01.
P < 0.001.
P < 0.05.