Prevalence of Adhesion and Regulation of Biofilm-Related Genes in Different Clones of Staphylococcus aureus

Table 3

MSCRAMM and biofilm gene expression levels of 60 MRSA and MSSA clinical isolates tested.

Gene	no% genes expressed by RT-PCR*
	MSSA	MRSA
icaA	30(100)	30(100)
icaD	30(100)	30(100)
icaB	30(100)	30(100)
icaC	30(100)	30(100)
fnbA	30(100)	30(100)
fnbB	9(100)	16(100)
Fib	27(100)	27(100)
cna	14(100)	28(100)
eno	30(100)	30(100)
ebps	30(100)	30(100)
bbp	4(100)	3(100)
clfA	30(100)	30(100)
clfB	30(100)	30(100)

*Number (%) of the MSCRAMM and biofilm gene expressions according to the presence of genes that were amplified by PCR.