TABLE 2.
Number of MRSA strains harboring various predicted virulence associated genes and corresponding functional categories.
| Function | Predicted virulence factor genes | No. of strains |
| Adhesion | cap, clfA/B, ebp, fnbA, map, sdrC/D | 33 (100%) |
| can | 6 (18%) | |
| sdrE | 32 (97%) | |
| Biofilm formation | icaA/B/C/D/R | 33 (100%) |
| Exoenzymes | aur, geh, lip, hysA, sspA/B/C | 33 (100%) |
| von Willebrand factor binding protein | 32 (97%) | |
| Hemolysis | hla, hlb, hld, hlgA/B/C | 33 (100%) |
| Immune evasion | coa, spa, sbi | 33 (100%) |
| Iron uptake and metabolism | isdA/B/C/D/E/F/G, srtB | 33 (100%) |
| Secretion | esaA/B/C, essA/B/C, esxA/B | 33 (100%) |
| Toxin | lukF-PV | 7 (21%) |
| lukS-PV | 0 | |
| tsst | 0 | |
| sea, seb, sec, sed, see, seh, selk, sell, selq | 0 | |
| IEC1 | chp, scn, sak | 0 |
| MGE2 | SaPIbov4 | 11 (33%) |
| SaPIbov5 | 8 (24%) |
1IEC, Immune evasion cluster. 2MGE, Mobile genetic element.