TABLE 3.
Detection of superantigenic genes and streptolysin S gene (sagA) by PCR
| Strain | Detection of:
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| speA | speB | speC | speF | spegg | speH | speI | speJ | speL | mf-2 | mf-3 | smeZ | sagA | |
| BL2719 | NDa | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | Positive |
| 1149 | ND | ND | ND | ND | Positive | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | Positive |
| 1201 | ND | ND | ND | ND | Positive | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | Positive |
| Fukuoka | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | Positive |
| Tokyo1291 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| N1434 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | Positive |
| Hiroshima | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | Positive |
| Ichi | ND | ND | ND | ND | Positive | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | Positive |
| A-22-84 | ND | ND | ND | ND | Positive | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | Positive |
| A-ka | ND | ND | ND | ND | Positive | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | Positive |
| A-yo | ND | ND | ND | ND | Positive | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | Positive |
| A-sa | ND | ND | ND | ND | Positive | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | Positive |
| Positive controls | |||||||||||||
| S. pyogenes SF370 | ND | Positive | Positive | Positive | Positive | Positive | Positive | Positive | ND | Positive | Positive | Positive | Positive |
| S. pyogenes 1246 | Positive | Positive | Positive | Positive | Positive | ND | ND | Positive | ND | Positive | Positive | Positive | Positive |
| S. pyogenes Ji | Positive | Positive | ND | Positive | Positive | ND | ND | ND | Positive | ND | ND | Positive | Positive |
a
ND, not detected.