Table 3. agr subtypes of S. aureus strains and number of co-occurring virulence-genes.
agr subtype | No. virulence factor encoding genes (%) | |||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
agr I (n = 6) | 2 (33.3) | 0 | 0 | 4 (66.7) | 0 | 0 |
agr II (n = 6) | 1 (16.7) | 0 | 2 (33.3) | 1 (16.7) | 2 (33.3) | 0 |
agr III (n = 21) | 1 (4.8) | 6 (28.6) | 4 (19.1) | 9 (42.9) | 0 | 1 (4.8) |
agr IV (n = 1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (100) | 0 |
Total | 4 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 1 |