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. 2015 Feb 5;6:60. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00060

Table 2.

Characteristics of Staphylococcus aureus in HIV patients and healthy controls, Gabon.

S. aureus, n (%)
OR (95%CI) P
HIV positive participants (n = 56) Healthy controls (n = 69)
Antimicrobial resistance Penicillin 52 (92.9%) 66 (95.7%) 0.6 (0.1–3.7) 0.5
Oxacillin 3 (5.4%) 2 (2.9%) 1.9 (0.2–23.4) 0.7
Erythromycin 4 (7.1%) 10 (14.5%) 0.5 (0.1–1.7) 0.3
Gentamicin 1 (1.8%) 1 (1.5%) 1.2 (0.0–98.4) 1
Tetracyclin 26 (46.4%) 30 (43.5%) 1.1 (0.5–2.4) 0.7
Cotrimoxazole 32 (57.1%) 33 (47.8%) 1.4 (0.7–3.3) 0.3
Virulence factors lukS-PV/lukF -PV (PVL) 24 (42.9%) 16 (23.2%) 2.5 (1.1–5.9) 0.02
sea 18 (32.1%) 17 (24.6%) 1.5 (0.6–3.5) 0.4
seg 15 (26.8%) 22 (31.9%) 0.8 (0.3–1.8) 0.5
sec 6 (10.7%) 6 (8.7%) 1.3 (0.3–5) 0.7
eta 2 (3.6%) 1 (1.5%) 2.5 (0.1–100) 0.6
tst 3 (5.4%) 3 (4.4%) 1.3 (10) 1