Table 3.
Correlation between the presence of superantigen genes in S. aureus endocarditis isolates and patient survival
| Gene | No (%) of S. aureus isolates with superantigen genes from patients with endocarditis
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total N=124 |
Alive N=104 |
Deceased N=20 |
P value | |
| Detection of gene(s) | 63 (50.8) | 52 (50.0) | 11 (55.0) | 0.81 |
| One superantigen | 42 (66.7) | 35 (67.3) | 7 (63.6) | |
| ≥2 Superantigens | 21 (33.3) | 17 (32.7) | 4 (36.4) | |
| Gene detected1 | ||||
| sea | 14 (22.2) | 10 (19.2) | 4 (36.4) | 0.24 |
| seb | 17 (27.0) | 16 (30.8) | 1 (9.1) | 0.30 |
| sec | 7 (11.1) | 5 (9.6) | 2 (18.2) | 0.32 |
| sed | 13 (20.6) | 10 (19.2) | 3 (27.3) | 0.44 |
| see | 11 (17.5) | 9 (17.3) | 2 (18.2) | 0.41 |
| seh | 7 (11.1) | 5 (9.6) | 2 (18.2) | 0.32 |
| tst | 18 (28.6) | 16 (30.8) | 2 (18.2) | 0.74 |
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Distribution of individual superantigen genes among superantigen gene-positive S. aureus endocarditis isolates