Table 7.

Virulence genes identification in S. aureus isolates from different provinces.

Genes	Percentage (no.) of positive isolates
	Guangdong (n = 5)	Jiangsu (n = 39)	Shandong (n = 18)	Total (n = 62)
fnbA	100 (5)	100 (39)	100 (18)	100 (62)
fnbB	0 (0)	20.5 (8)	27.8 (5)	21 (13)
clfA	100 (5)	12.9 (8)	100 (18)	50 (31)
clfB	100 (5)	100 (39)	100 (18)	100 (62)
icaA	100 (5)	100 (39)	100 (18)	100 (62)
icaD	100 (5)	100 (39)	100 (18)	100 (62)
bap	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)
hlα	100 (5)	97.4 (38)	100 (18)	98.4 (61)
hlβ	100 (5)	94.9 (37)	94.4 (17)	95.2 (59)
lukM	100 (5)	94.9 (37)	11.11 (2)	71 (44)
tsst-1	80 (4)	0 (0)	5.6 (1)	8.1 (5)
pvl	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)