Table 4.

Frequencies of staphylococcal enterotoxin genes among the molecular types of 71 S. aureus isolates recovered from breast milk.

Molecular type	Isolates (n)	sea	seb	sec	sed	see	seg	seh	sei	sej	sek	seq	sel	sem	sen	seo	sep
ST398	14	0	0	14.3	14.3	0	7.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	21.4	7.1	7.1	14.3
ST7	13	23.1	0	15.4	15.4	53.9	15.4	0	0	7.7	0	0	0	30.8	15.4	23.1	46.2
ST59	12	33.3	75	0	0	0	25	0	8.3	0	66.7	66.7	16.7	8.3	8.3	8.3	0
ST188	5	40	40	0	20	0	40	20	20	0	0	0	40	40	20	20	0
ST6	5	60	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	20	0	20	20	20	20	0
ST1	3	33.3	33.3	66.7	0	0	0	100	0	33.3	100	66.7	33.3	33.3	33.3	66.7	0
ST5	3	0	0	33.3	100	0	100	0	100	100	33.3	33.3	33.3	100	100	100	0
ST15	2	0	0	0	0	0	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
ST20	2	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	100	0	0	0	50	100	100	100	0
ST88	2	0	0	0	0	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
ST615	2	0	50	50	100	0	100	0	100	100	100	50	50	50	100	100	0
ST630	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
ST8	1	0	0	0	100	0	0	0	0	100	0	0	0	100	0	0	0
ST12	1	0	0	100	0	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	0	0	0
ST22	1	0	100	0	0	0	100	0	100	0	100	0	100	100	100	100	0
ST25	1	0	100	0	0	0	100	0	100	0	0	0	0	100	100	100	0
ST508	1	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	100	100	100	0
ST1290	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	71	18.3	21.1	12.7	15.5	14.1	26.8	5.6	15.5	12.7	22.5	16.9	15.5	31	23.9	26.8	11.3