Genetic Diversity and Virulence Factors of S. aureus Isolated from Food, Humans, and Animals

Table 4

Frequency of the saK and seA genes in beta (hlb+) and gamma (hlb−) hemolytic S. aureus strains.

Virulence factor	hlb
	Positives n = 11	Negatives n = 53
seA	3 (27.27)	31 (58.49)	0.056
saK	3 (27.27)	34 (64.15)	0.024

Values of were considered as statistically significant and are marked in the table. The statistical analysis was performed with Fisher’s exact test.