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. 2012 May 18;7(5):e37005. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037005

Table 2. The genes detected by PCR in this investigation.

Virulence gene Reference Virulence gene Reference
Involved in toxin mediated disease and/or sepsis Capsular polysaccharide 5, 8 (cap5, cap8) 9
Staphylococcal enterotoxin A, B, C, D, E, G, H, I, J(sea, seb, sec, sed, see, seg, seh, sei, sej) 5,6,7 Major-histocompatibility-complex class II-analogue protein (map) 2
Exfoliative toxin A, B (eta, etb) 5 IgG-binding protein SBI (sbi) 10
α, β, δ-hemolysin (hla, hlb, hld) 5 Involved in tissue invasion/penetration
Toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 (tst) 6 V8 serine protease (ssp) 10
Involved in attachment Staphylokinase (sak) 11
Fibronectin-binding protein A, B (fnbA, fnbB) 2,8 Involved in persistence
Clumping factor A,B (clfA, clfB) 2 Intercellular adhesion A, D (icaA, icaD) 12
Collagen adhesin (cna) 2 Others
Bone sialoprotein-binding protein (bbp) 2 Staphylococcal accessory regulator A (sarA) 10
Elastin-binding protein (ebpS) 2 Extracellular fibrinogen-binding protein (efb) 10
Involved in evading/destroying host defenses  arcA region of arginine catabolic mobile element (ACME-arcA) 13
Panton-Valentine leukocidin (pvl) 5 agr alleles
γ-hemolysin and variant (hlg, hlgv) 5 allele 1 to 4 14