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Table 3 PCR primers used in this study

From: High prevalence of t895 and t9364 spa types of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a tertiary-care hospital in Mexico: different lineages of clonal complex 5

Gene

Primer

Primer sequence 5′➔3′

Reference

nuc

nuc-F

GCGATTGATGGTGATACGGTT

44

nuc-R

AGCCAAGCCTTGACGAACTAAAGC

mecA

mecA147-F

GTGAAGATATACCAAGTGATT

45

mecA147-R

ATGCGCTATAGATTGAAAGGAT

spa

1095-F

AGACGATCCTTCGGTGAGC

48

1517-R

GCTTTTGCAATGTCATTTACTG

SCCmec

Type II-F

CGTTGAAGATGATGAAGCG

46, 47

Type II-R

CGAAATCAATGGTTAATGGACC

Type-IIb-F

TAGCTTATGGTGCTTATGCG

Type-IIb-R

GTGCATGATTTCATTTGTGGC

Type-IVa-F

GCCTTATTCGAAGAAACCG

Type-IVa-R

CTACTCTTCTGAAAAGCGTCG

Type IVE-F

CAGATTCATCATTTCAAAGGC

Type IVE-R

AACAACTATTAGATAATTTCCG

Type IVc-F

CCTGAATCTAAAGAGATACACCG

Type IVc-R

GGTTATTTTCATAGTGAATCGC

arcC

arcC-F

TTG ATT CAC CAG CGC GTA TTG TC

50

arcC-R

AGG TAT CTG CTT CAA TCA GCG

aro

aro-F

ATC GGA AAT CCT ATT TCA CAT TC

aro-R

GGT GTT GTA TTA ATA ACG ATA TC

glp

glp-F

CTA GGA ACT GCA ATC TTA ATC C

glp-R

TGG TAA AAT CGC ATG TCC AAT TC

gmk

gmk-F

ATC GTT TTA TCG GGA CCA TC

gmk-R

TCATTAACTACAACGTAATCGTA

pta

pta-F

GTTAAAATCGTATTACCTGAAGG

pta-R

GACCCTTTTGTTGAAAAGCTTAA

tpi

tpi-F

TCGTTCATTCTGAACGTCGTGAA

tpi-R

TTTGCACCTTCTAACAATTGTAC

yqi

yqi-F

CAGCATACAGGACACCTATTGGC

yqi-R

CGTTGAGGAATCGATACTGGAAC