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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2014 Mar 17;79(2):119–124. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2014.03.009

Table 4.

Correlation between the presence of superantigen genes in S. aureus endocarditis isolates and the occurrence of septic shock

Gene No (%) of S. aureus isolates with superantigen genes from patients with endocarditis
No. with septic shock (%) N=17 No. without septic shock (%) N=107 P value
Detection of genes 9 (52.9) 54 (50.5) 0.53
 One superantigen 4 (44.4) 38 (70.4)
 ≥2 Superantigens 5 (55.6) 16 (29.6)
Gene detected1
 sea 4 (44.4) 10 (18.5) 0.10
 seb 2 (22.2) 15 (27.8) 0.58
 sec 2 (22.2) 5 (9.3) 0.25
 sed 1 (11.1) 12 (22.2) 0.44
 see 2 (22.2) 10 (18.5) 0.51
 seh 1 (11.1) 6 (11.1) 0.65
 tst 3 (33.3) 15 (27.8) 0.46
1

Distribution of individual superantigen genes among superantigen gene-positive S. aureus endocarditis isolates