Table 4. Profiles of staphylococcal enterotoxin genes (SEs) and egc locus in MRSA and MSSA isolates

Strain Classical SEs1) egc12) egc23) egc34) tst1 Other se and sel genes
MRSA
 BGFA-222E - - + - - -
 BGFA-262E - - + - - -
 BGFA-292E - - + - - -
 BKFH-321E - - + - - -
 BKSM-133E - - + - - -
MSSA
 BJFA-222 - - - - - seo
 BSFA-4104 - - - - - seh, sek, sep
 BKFA-211 sea - - - - sek
 BKFH-451 - - - - - seg, sem, sen, seu
 BJSM-273 - - - - - seh, sek, sep
 BSSH-171 sea - - - - sek, seo
 BCSE-104 - - - - - -
 BJMH-426 - - + - - -
 BJMH-111 - - - - - -
 BSMH-611 - - - - - seh, sek
 BSMH-616 sea - - - - -
Screened for sea, seb, sec, sed, and see gene.
Screened for the egc locus genes; seg, sei, sem, sen, and seo (Collery et al., 2009).
Screened for the egc locus genes; seg, sei, sem, sen, seo, and seu (Collery et al., 2009).
Screened for the egc locus genes; segv seiv, semv, senv, seov and seuv (Collery et al., 2009).
MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; MSSA, methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus.