| Superantigenic toxin type |
No of isolates from |
Odds ratio |
95% Confidence interval |
P value (fisher exact test) |
P C |
| patients with mild AD
(total n=28)
n/(%) |
patients with moderate to severe AD (total n=31) n/(%) |
| SEA |
05 (17.8) |
10 (32) |
2.19 |
0.7026 to 4.645 |
0.24 |
4.13 |
| SEB |
04 (14.3) |
4 (12.9) |
0.89 |
0.2490 to 3.277 |
1.00 |
17.00 |
| SEC |
07 (25.0) |
8 (25.8) |
1.04 |
|
1.00 |
17.00 |
| SED |
05 (17.9) |
4 (12.9) |
0.68 |
0.1634 to 2.842 |
0.72 |
12.29 |
| SEE |
04 (14.3) |
5 (16.1) |
1.15 |
0.3361 to 3.793 |
1.00 |
17.00 |
| SEG |
13 (46.4) |
10 (32.3) |
0.55 |
0.3638 to 1.327 |
0.29 |
5.04 |
| SEH |
00 (0) |
00 (0) |
|
|
|
0.00 |
| SEI |
13 (46.4) |
13 (41.9) |
0.83 |
0.5085 to 1.604 |
0.79 |
13.53 |
| SEJ |
02 (7.1) |
3 (9.7) |
1.39 |
|
1.00 |
17.00 |
| SElK |
03 (10.7) |
4 (12.9) |
1.23 |
|
1.00 |
17.00 |
| SElL |
01 (3.6) |
5 (16.1) |
5.40 |
|
0.20 |
3.36 |
| SElM |
17 (60.7) |
10 (32.3) |
0.31 |
0.2943 to 0.9593 |
0.04 |
0.65 |
| SElN |
12 (42.9) |
9 (29) |
0.55 |
0.3373 to 1.360 |
0.30 |
4.95 |
| SElO |
14 (50) |
6 (19.4) |
0.24 |
0.1724 to 0.8689 |
0.01 |
0.27 |
| SElP |
05 (17.9) |
4 (12.9) |
0.68 |
|
0.72 |
12.29 |
| SElQ |
03 (10.7) |
4 (12.9) |
1.39 |
|
1.00 |
17.00 |
| TSST-1 |
06 (21.4) |
6 (19.4) |
0.88 |
|
1.00 |
17.00 |
|
