Table 2. Expression levels of lukSmRNA among S. aureus clinical isolates.

Group	No. of isolates	Median	Minimum value	Maximum value	Mean value and standard deviation
SSTIs isolates	33	1.500*	0.000037	14.470	2.789 ± 3.468
BSI isolates	54	0.818	0.000001	3.042	0.941 ± 0.899
Isolates from children	29	1.292*	0.000003	5.296	1.565 ± 1.152
Isolates from adults	67	0.540	0.000001	14.470	1.552 ± 2.706
BSI isolates from children	22	1.495*	0.000003	3.042	1.726 ± 0.792
BSI isolates from adults	32	0.191	0.000001	1.912	0.400 ± 0.469
CA isolates	28	1.034*	0.000037	14.470	2.858 ± 3.823
HA isolates	58	0.536	0.000001	10.891	1.292 ± 2.119

^* p<0.05