Table 2.
Distribution of S. aureus enterotoxin genes with respect to sample type.
| Gene | Milk isolates (N = 35) n (%) |
Meat isolates (N = 15) n (%) |
Total (N = 50) n (%) |
P values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea | 31 (88.6) | 14 (93.3) | 45 (90) | 0.607 |
| Seb | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
| Sec | 19 (54.3) | 7 (46.7) | 26 (52) | 0.621 |
| Sed | 3 (8.6) | 1 (6.7) | 4 (8) | 0.820 |
| See | 27 (77.1) | 11 (73.3) | 38 (76) | 0.773 |
N: number of isolates from type of sample; n: number of isolates positive for gene.