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Table 3 Prevalence of enterotoxin genes in different Staphylococcus spp

From: Genetically divergent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and sec-dependent mastitis of dairy goats in Taiwan

Enterotoxin genes

Positive rate (%)

 

Goat

Bovine

 

S. aureus (n = 113)a

S. aureus (n = 10)b

CNS (n = 71)

S. aureus (n = 27)c

sea

0 (0/113)

0 (0/10)

0 (0/71)

11.1 (3/27)

seb

0 (0/113)

0 (0/10)

0 (0/71)

0 (0/27)

sec

22.1 (25/113)

80.0 (8/10)

0 (0/71)

0 (0/27)

sed

0 (0/113)

0 (0/10)

0 (0/71)

0 (0/27)

see

0.9 (1/113)

0 (0/10)

0 (0/71)

0 (0/27)

seg

0 (0/113)

0 (0/10)

0 (0/71)

0 (0/27)

seh

0 (0/113)

0 (0/10)

0 (0/71)

0 (0/27)

sei

0 (0/113)

0 (0/10)

0 (0/71)

0 (0/27)

sej

0 (0/113)

0 (0/10)

0 (0/71)

0 (0/27)

  1. a113 strains comprised 27 strains in 2008 and 86 strains in 2006-2007
  2. b10 S. aureus strains isolated from 15 goat mastitis samples
  3. c27 S. aureus strains isolated from cattle with mastitis