Table 3 Frequency of SE genes among S. aureus isolates
Enterotoxin | No. (%) of meat isolates carrying SE genes (n= 18) | No. (%) of clinical isolates carrying SE genes (n= 42) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Raw lamb isolates (n= 12) | Raw beef isolates (n= 9) | Cooked meat isolates (n= 10) | Total (n=31) | Blood isolates (n= 20) | CSF isolates (n= 17) | Synovial fluid isolates (n= 5) | Wound isolates (n= 29) | Urine isolates (n= 10) | Total (n= 81) | |
sea | 5 (16.1) | 7 (22.6) | 0 | 12 (38.7) | 7 (8.6) | 5 (6.2) | 2 (2.4) | 5 (6.2) | 4 (4.9) | 23 (28.4) |
seb | 3 (9.7) | 1 (3.2) | 0 | 4 (12.9) | 2 (2.4) | 1 (1.2) | 1 (1.2) | 3 (3.7) | 2 (2.4) | 9 (11.1) |
sec | 4 (12.9 ) | 1 (3.2) | 0 | 5 (16.1) | 3 (3.7) | 2 (2.4) | 1 (1.2) | 2 (2.4) | 0 | 8 (9.9) |
sed | 1 (3.2) | 1 (3.2) | 0 | 2 (6.4) | 1 (1.2) | 1 (1.2) | 1 (1.2) | 0 | 0 | 3 (3.7) |
see | 3 (9.7) | 4 (12.9) | 0 | 7 (22.6) | 6 (7.4) | 7 (8.6) | 2 (2.4) | 4 (4.9) | 3 (3.7) | 22 (27.1) |