Prevalence of major virulence factors and resistance determinants in 317 SAB isolates.

Genes encoding exfoliative toxin serotype A and B (etA, etB), exfoliative toxin D (etD), PVL (lukF-PV, lukS-PV) were detected in far1), surface protein involved in biofilm formation (bap) genes and capsule type 1 genes (capH1/I1/J1/K1) were not detected.Genes encoding staphylococcal superantigen-like protein-1,-2,-4,-5,-7,-9,-10 (ssl-genes), clumping factor A/B (clfA/B), hemolysin alpha (hla), aureolysin (aur), intercellular adhesion protein A/C (icaA, icaC) and biofilm PIA synthesis protein D (icaD), fibronectin-binding protein A (fnbA), fibrinogen binding protein (fib) were detected in >95% of isolates. The hemolysin delta gene (hld) was found in 100% of isolates.