icaA (85%, 77.4% and 53.7% in bacteremia, diabetic foot and osteomyelitis isolates, respectively) and icaD (89.1%, 74.1% and 59.6 5 in bacteremia, diabetic foot and osteomyelitis isolates, respectively) were more prevalent than icaB (73%, 64.1%, 44.5% in bacteremia, diabetic foot and osteomyelitis isolates, respectively) or icaC (75.5%, 68% and 47.8% in bacteremia, diabetic foot and osteomyelitis isolates, respectively) in all strains. This evidence concerns the gene DFFA and osteomyelitis.