| Gene |
Infected lesions* % (No.) n=72 |
AD group study % (No.) n=24 |
p-value |
| eta |
43 (31) |
4 (1) |
p = 0.0003 |
| etb |
39 (28) |
0 |
p = 0.0001 |
| seb |
13 (9) |
8 (2) |
p > 0.05 |
| PVL |
11 (8) |
13 (3) |
p > 0.05 |
| sea |
3 (2) |
17 (4) |
p = 0.033 |
| tst-1 |
4 (3) |
17 (4) |
p > 0.05 |
| chp |
75 (54) |
46 (11) |
p = 0.012 |
eta: exfoliative toxin A; etb: exfoliative toxin B; sea: staphylococcal enterotoxin A;
seb: staphylococcal enterotoxin B; pvl: Panton-Valentine Leukocidin; tsst: toxic
shock syndrome toxin; chp: chemotaxis inhibitory protein *Source: Mertz, et al. [7] |
