Toxins and Antibiotic Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from a Major Hospital in Lebanon

Table 2

Percentage of isolates harboring the different exotoxin genes.

Enterotoxin genes^a	% of isolates harboring enterotoxins (number)
Sea	25 (𝑛=33)
Seb	8 (𝑛=11)
Sec	5 (𝑛=6)
Sed	11 (𝑛=14)
See	0 (𝑛=0)
Seg	25 (𝑛=32)
She	7 (𝑛=9)
Sei	60 (𝑛=77)
Sej	1.5 (𝑛=2)
Tsst	5 (𝑛=7)

^aSea-j: staphylococcal Enterotoxin a-j, Tsst: toxic shock Syndrome Toxin.