Table 3 Staphylococcal enterotoxin genes pattern groups among the MRSA isolates

1

mecA

1,2,3,26,27,28,30,32, 35, 38, 47, 49, 50 (26%)

2

mecA, set-G

6, 20 (4%)

3

mecA, set-A, set-M

7 (2%)

4

mecA, set-A

16, 25,33,39,41,42,43,48 (16%)

5

mecA, set-O

10 (2%)

6

mecA, set-A, set-O

31 (2%)

7

mecA, set-A, set-B, set-G

15 (2%)

8

mecA, set-A, set-B

19, 24,34 (6%)

9

mecA, set-B

36,44 (4%)

10

mecA, set-B, set- G

46 (2%)

11

mecA, set-A, set-G

8, 17, 12, 23, 4, 45 (12%)

12

mecA, set-A, set-G, set- O

18 (2%)

13

mecA, set-A, set-C, set-G, set-O

11 (2%)

14

mecA, set-A,set-C, set-G

40 (2%)

15

mecA, set-C, set-O

4 (2%)

16

mecA, set-C

9 (2%)

17

mecA, set-A, set-G, set-M, set-O

5, 14, 21 (6%)

18

mecA, set-A, set-M, set-O

13 (2%)

19

mecA, set-A, set-B, set-M, set-O

37, 29 (4%)

20

mecA, set-B, set-G, set-M, set-O

22 (2%)