Diversity of Virulence Factors Associated with West Australian Methicillin-Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus Isolates of Human Origin

Table 4

Correlation of serotyping versus genotyping methods for the major superantigenic enterotoxins.

Toxin	Serotyping ()	Genotyping ()	Pearson correlation coefficient
SEA	3 (9.68%)	8 (25.8%)	0.553
SEB	1 (3.23%)	6 (19.35%)	0.371
SEC	2 (6.45%)	3 (9.7%)	0.891
SED	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	Not possible to calculate value but it can be assumed to be 1.0