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Table 2 Prevalence of virulence genes of S. aureus isolates obtained from blood

From: Clonality, virulence genes, and antibiotic resistance of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from blood in Shandong, China

gene

Total (n = 101) n(%)

distributing in

P-value

MRSA (n = 24) n(%)

MSSA (n = 77) n(%)

eta

2(2.0)

0(0)

2(2.6)

1.000

etb

0(0)

0(0)

0(0)

–

sea

14(13.9)

6(25.0)

8(10.4)

0.141

seb

33(32.7)

12(50.0)

21(27.3)

0.038

sec

13(12.9)

3(12.5)

10(13.0)

1.000

sed

33(32.7)

4(16.7)

29(37.7)

0.056

see

2(2.0)

0(0)

2(2.6)

1.000

seg

37(36.6)

4(16.7)

33(42.9)

0.020

seh

2(2.0)

0(0)

2(2.6)

1.000

sei

37(36.6)

4(16.7)

33(42.9)

0.020

sej

33(32.7)

5(20.8)

28(36.4)

0.157

hla

101(100)

24(100)

77(100)

–

hlb

37(36.6)

17(70.8)

20(26.0)

0.000

hld

101(100)

24(100)

77(100)

–

hlg

101(100)

24(100)

77(100)

–

pvl

22(21.8)

5(20.8)

17(22.1)

0.897

tst

5(5.0)

3(12.5)

2(2.6)

0.157