Table 3 Prevalence of biofilm associated, virulence, mecA genes, IS256, IS257 and ACME cluster genes among clinical and healthcare worker´ isolates
Genes | Number (%) of isolates | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Total of isolates n = 114 | Healthcare worker isolates n = 57 | Clinical isolates n = 57 | P-value | |
icaA | 38 (33) | 12 (21) | 26 (45.6) | 0.009 |
icaB | 38 (33) | 14 (24.5) | 24 (42) | 0.073 |
icaC | 39 (34) | 16 (28) | 23 (40) | 0.000 |
icaD | 42 (37.7) | 12 (21) | 30 (52.6) | 0.000 |
fbe | 13 (11.4) | 0 | 13 (23) | 0.000 |
bhp | 7 (6) | (0) | 7 (12) | 0.013 |
embp | 63 (55) | 30 (52.6) | 33 (59) | 0.053 |
aap | 61 (53.5) | 29 (51) | 34 (56) | 0.088 |
atlE | 58 (51) | 28 (49) | 31(52.6) | 0.053 |
mecA | 95 (83.3) | 40 (70) | 55 (96.5) | 0.000 |
IS256 | 53 (46) | 8 (14) | 45 (79) | 0.000 |
IS257 | 95 (83) | 45 (79) | 50 (88) | 0.091 |
arcA | 16 (14) | 11 (19) | 5 (8) | 0.000 |
opp3AB | 19 (16) | 14 (24.5) | 5 (8) | 0.000 |