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Table 3 Primers used in this study

From: A multispecies outbreak of carbapenem-resistant bacteria harboring the blaKPC gene in a non-classical transposon element

Gene

Primers

Sequence

PCR product size (bp)

blaKPC

KPC-F

KPC-R

5′-TGTCACTGTATCGCCGTC-3′

5′-CTCAGTGCTCTACAGAAAACC-3′

1010

blaVIM

VIM-F

VIM-R

5′-CCGATGGTGTTTGGTCGCAT-3′

5′-GAATGCGCAGCACCAGGAT-3`

391

blaKPC

KPC-Up

KPC-Dw

5′-GCTACACCTAGCTCCACCTTC-3′

5′-ACAGTGGTTGGTAATCCATGC-3’

968

blaVIM

VIM-Up

VIM-Dw

5’-ATTGGTCTATTTGACCGCGTC-3′

5′-TGCTACTCAACGACTGAGCG-3’

780

  1. Primers KPC and VIM -F and -R were used for PCR gene detection
  2. Primers KPC and VIM -Up and -Dw were used for gene sequencing