Results of testing 61 <i>S. aureus</i> isolates for staphylococcal PTSAg and ET genes by multiplex PCR.

1<p><i>sea</i>, staphylococcal enterotoxin A gene; <i>seb</i>, staphylococcal enterotoxin B gene; <i>sec</i>, staphylococcal enterotoxin C gene; <i>sed</i>, staphylococcal enterotoxin D gene; <i>see</i>, staphylococcal enterotoxin E gene; <i>tst</i>, toxin shock toxin gene; <i>seg-sei</i>, staphylococcal enterotoxin G and staphylococcal enterotoxin I genes; <i>seh</i>, staphylococcal enterotoxin H gene; <i>sej</i>, staphylococcal enterotoxin J gene; <i>eta</i>, exfoliative toxin A gene; <i>etb</i>, exfoliative toxin B gene; <i>etd</i>, exfoliative toxin D gene; <i>luk</i>S-PV and <i>luk</i>F-PV, Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes; <i>hlg</i>, gamma-hemolysin gene.</p

Characteristics of nasal and cutaneous <i>S. aureus</i> isolates.

1<p><i>spa</i>, staphylococcal protein A gene; <i>spa</i>CC, <i>spa</i> clonal complex inferred by BURP analysis; n, indicates number of isolates with similar identity for all characteristics tested;</p>2<p>MLST, multilocus sequence typing; CC, clonal complex; ST, sequence type;</p>3<p>PVL, Panton-Valentine leukocidin; pos., positive; neg., negative;</p>4<p>PTSAg/ET gene profile, pyrogenic toxin superantigen gene/exfoliative toxin gene profile; -, no PTSAg/ET gene detected;</p>5<p><i>agr</i>, accessory gene regulator type;</p>6<p>MSSA, methicillin-susceptible <i>S. aureus</i>; MRSA, methicillin-resistant <i>S. aureus</i>;</p>7<p>ND, not done; NT, not type able.</p

Characteristics of the surgical patient cohort studied.

1<p>Data are no.(%) of participants unless otherwise indicated.</p