Table 3.

Ranking of the incidence of simultaneous skewing in CD4⁺ and CD8⁺ T-cell subsets

Vβ	Number of Subjects Expressing Both CD4+ and CD8+ Skewed Vβs	Association to S. aureus SAg’s
		Strong	Weak
17	4 (20%)		SEB, SEC2
12	3 (15%)	SED	SEC1, SEC2, SEC3, SEG
21.3	3 (15%)		SEQ
8	2 (10%)	SEE	SED,
23	2 (10%)		SEA, SEI
3	2 (10%)	SEB, SEC1	SEG
5.2	2 (10%)		SEK
13.1	2 (10%)	SEC2	SEG
5.1	2 (10%)	SEI	SEC3, SEE, SEK, SEQ
5.3	1 (5%)	SEA, SED	SEI
2	1 (5%)	TSST1	SEB, SEQ
1	1 (5%)		SEA, SEB, SED, SEI
20	1 (5%)		SEC2
14	0	SEG	SEC2
13.2	0		SEG
9	0		SEA

Table depicts the ranking of simultaneous skewing in 16 of 24 specific Vβs analyzed based on frequency. Both strong and weak S. aureus SAg associations are shown. Some subjects expressed more than one Vβ-skewing. In these 20 subjects, 7 (35%) had skewed distributions for one or more Vβ related to a strong SAg effect.

SE(A–Q) = Staphylococcal Enterotoxin (A–Q); TSST1 = Toxic Shock Syndrome Toxin-1.