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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Invest Dermatol. 2021 Oct 1;142(4):1032–1039.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2021.08.438

Table 1.

Superantigen Gene Profiling of Staphylococcus aureus Isolates from BP Lesions

Staphylococcal SAgs1
G I M N O U TSST-1
No. (%) 212 (100) 21 (100) 23 (9.5) 21 (100) 21 (100) 193 (90.4) 21 (100)

Abbreviations: BP, bullous pemphigoid; EGC, enterotoxin gene cluster; No., number; SAg, superantigen; TSST-1, toxic shock syndrome toxin-1.

1

Evaluated on isolated colonies by PCR using primers specific for EGC toxins and TSST-1.

2

Of 28 patients with BP, TSST-1+ S. aureus was isolated from 22; 1 sample had insufficient RNA extracted, leaving 21 samples.

3

Two separate individuals either lack U or express M, leaving 17 patients with BP with 100% expression of the EGC plus TSST-1.