TABLE 3.
Antigen | Level [median (SEMa)] |
P value | |
---|---|---|---|
Colonized (n = 26) | Not colonized (n = 89) | ||
Surface antigens | |||
Teichoic acid | 912 (123) | 422 (91) | 0.013 |
ClfA | 170 (56) | 134 (21) | 0.239 |
ClfB | 191 (45) | 163 (25) | 0.092 |
Bsp | 233 (91) | 161 (31) | 0.067 |
Extracellular proteins | |||
Alpha-toxin | 325 (62) | 165 (17) | 0.056 |
Lipase | 364 (45) | 176 (27) | 0.007 |
SEA | 483 (94) | 271 (45) | 0.006 |
TSST | 1043 (196) | 378 (91) | 0.022 |
SSS | 161 (178) | 115 (86) | 0.275 |
Efb | 394 (83) | 438 (37) | 0.402 |
Eap | 268 (90) | 85 (52) | 0.009 |
SEM, standard error of the mean.