Table 1.

Prevalence of sdr genes within S. aureus isolates from healthy carriers (n = 554)

Gene	sdrC	sdrD	sdrE	Number of isolates (n)
Gene combination	+	+	+	146
	+	+	–	11
	+	–	+	316
	–	+	+	1
	+	–	–	74
	–	+	–	0
	–	–	+	2
	–	–	–	4
Total Number of positive isolates n (%)	547 (99%)	158 (29%)	465 (84%)	554