Table 3 Distribution of virulence factors amongst the S. epidermidis strains isolated from different types of hospital infectious samples
Samples (no. positive samples for S. epidermidis) | Virulence factors (%) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
coa | clfA | X-region | IgG-binding region | tsst-1 | etA | etB | agrI | agrII | agrIII | |
UTIs (10) | – | 2 (20) | – | – | – | – | 1 (10) | 1 (10) | 1 (10) | 2 (20) |
WIs (20) | – | 8 (40) | – | – | 1 (5) | 2 (10) | 3 (15) | 2 (10) | 2 (10) | 4 (20) |
RTIs (16) | – | 5 (31.25) | – | – | 1 (6.25) | 1 (6.25) | 2 (12.50) | 1 (6.25) | 2 (12.50) | 2 (12.50) |
Total (46) | – | 15 (32.60) | – | – | 2 (4.34) | 3 (6.52) | 6 (13.04) | 4 (8.69) | 5 (10.86) | 8 (17.39) |