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. 2003 Nov;41(11):4941–4949. doi: 10.1128/JCM.41.11.4941-4949.2003

TABLE 5.

Association of gene profile and development of TSS

TSS occurrence No. of cases No. (%) of isolates with the following genes:
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)
a

P < 0.01.

b

P < 0.001.

c

P < 0.05.