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. 2012 Dec 10;12:343. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-12-343

Table 2.

Comparison of virulence gene profiles among S. aureus nasal carriage and infection isolates

Virulence gene Carriage
 Infection
      
N (%) N (%) OR 99% CI P
fnbA
 91
 91
 33
 97.1
 3.264
 0.206-51.833
 0.271
cna
 58
 58
 14
 41.2
 0.507
 0.179-1.432
 0.092
sdrC
 100
 100
 34
 100
  
  
  
sdrD
 59
 59
 20
 58.8
 0.993
 0.351-2.806
 0.986
sdrE
 72
 72
 24
 70.6
 0.933
 0.303-2.879
 0.875
bbp
 23
 23
 2
 5.9
 0.209
 0.029-1.507
 0.041
icaA
 97
 97
 34
 100
  
  
  
sea
 14
 14
 6
 17.6
 1.316
 0.332-5.212
 0.607
seb
 29
 29
 6
 17.6
 0.525
 0.144-1.907
 0.198
sec
 26
 26
 4
 11.8
 0.379
 0.085-1.686
 0.094
sed
 0
 0
 0
 0
  
  
  
see
 0
 0
 0
 0
  
  
  
seg
 65
 65
 2
 5.9
 0.034
 0.005-0.237
 <0.001
seh
 37
 37
 12
 35.3
 0.929
 0.319-2.700
 0.858
sei
 64
 64
 6
 17.6
 0.121
 0.034-0.432
 <0.001
sej
 0
 0
 0
 0
  
  
  
sem
 66
 66
 2
 5.9
 0.032
 0.005-0.227
 <0.001
sen
 67
 67
 1
 2.9
 0.015
 0.001-0.216
 <0.001
seo
 66
 66
 2
 5.9
 0.032
 0.005-0.227
 <0.001
tst
 31
 31
 1
 2.9
 0.067
 0.005-0.977
 0.009
eta
 20
 20
 1
 2.9
 0.121
 0.008-1.790
 0.044
etb
 12
 12
 0
 0
  
  
  
lukE-lukD
 69
 69
 32
 94.1
 7.188
 1.014-50.947
 0.009
lukS-lukF
 7
 7
 3
 8.8
 1.286
 0.201-8.226
 0.727
hla
 97
 97
 33
 97.1
 1.021
 0.050-20.899
 0.986
hlb
 31
 31
 8
 23.5
 0.685
 0.210-2.231
 0.409
hld
 100
 100
 34
 100
  
  
  
hlg
 34
 34
 2
 5.9
 0.121
 0.017-0.857
 0.005
hlg2 63 63 30 88.2 4.405 1.012-19.181 0.009