Table 4 Results of testing 125 ovine and 70 human NAS isolates for agr locus by PCR
OVINE Isolates (n) | agr locus | |||||||
agr 200 bp | Type 1 | Type 2 | Type 3 | |||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
S. epi (57) | 57 | 100 | 21 | 36.8 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 57.8 |
S. chr (29) | 1 | 3.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
S. hae (17) | 1 | 5.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
S. sim (8) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
S. cpr (6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
S. war (5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
S. sap (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
S. int (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
S. mus (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total (125) | 59 | 47.2 | 21 | 16.8 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 26.4 |
HUMAN Isolates (n) | agr locus | |||||||
agr 200 bp | Type 1 | Type 2 | Type 3 | |||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
S. hae (28) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
S. epi (26) | 26 | 100 | 17 | 65.4 | 9 | 34.6 | 0 | 0 |
S. lug (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
S. hom (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
S. cap (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
S. war (2) | 1 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
S. xyl (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
S. pas (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
S. sap (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total (70) | 27 | 38.6 | 17 | 24.3 | 9 | 12.8 | 0 | 0 |