Table 3.

The average cDNA count of the adhesion and clumping factor genes from pus or swab samples and their relative cDNA count to that of gmk.

Adhesion and Clumping Factor Genes	Gene	Pus (n = 7)		Swab (n = 10)		p Values **
		Average cDNA Count	cDNA Count Relative to gmk *	Average cDNA Count	cDNA Count Relative to gmk *
Autolysin	atl	185.4	17.7	5	8.33	≤0.05
Clumping factor	clfB	110.3	10.57	7	11.6	≤0.05
Laminin-binding protein	eno	63	6.04	1.9	3.16	≤0.05
Fibronectin-binding protein	fnbA	61.9	5.93	0.2	0.33	≤0.05
Clumping factor	clfA	40.9	3.9	0.5	0.83	≤0.05
Fibronectin-binding protein	fnbB	39.1	3.75	0.4	0.66	≤0.05
Coagulase	coa	17.3	1.65	0	0	≤0.05
Elastin-binding protein	ebpS	13.6	1.3	0.7	1.16	≤0.05

* The average cDNA count of gmk are 10.43 and 0.6 in pus and swab samples, respectively. ** p values are for comparison between pus and swab samples.