Table 2. Comparison of the distribution of selected virulence genes/gene clusters that were detected at high frequency among some of the analysed lineages.
Number of positive isolates | |||||||||
ST398 | ST5 | ST8 | ST15 | ST22 | CC30 | CC97 | CC130 | CC151 | |
(n = 18) | (n = 4) | (n = 5) | (n = 5) | (n = 8) | (n = 8) | (n = 8) | (n = 4) | (n = 4) | |
seD+seJ+seR | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
seC+seL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
egc | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
entCM14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
lukF-PV-P83/lukM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
lukD/E+splA+splB | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 |
hlb | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
sak | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
hl-III | 18 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
edinB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |