Nasal and perirectal colonization of vancomycin sensitive and resistant enterococci in patients of paediatrics ICU (PICU) of tertiary health care facilities

Table 1 Oligonucleotides primers used for enterococci

Primer designation	Sequences (5 → 3)	Product size (bp)	Company	Reference
*E. faecium*
ddl _{E. faecium(1)}	TTGAGGCAGACCAGATTGACG	658	Alpha DNA/Sigma	Kariyama et al., 2000
ddl _{E. faecium(2)}	TATGACAGCGACTCCGATTCC
*E. faecalis*
ddl _{E.faecalis(1)}	ATCAAGTACAGTTAGTCT	941	Alpha DNA/Sigma	Kariyama et al., 2000
ddl _{E. faecalis(2)}	ACGATTCAAAGCTAACTG
vanA (1)	GGGAAAACGACAATTGC	732	Alpha DNA/e-Oligo	Kariyama et al., 2000
vanA (2)	GTACAATGCGGCCGTTA
vanB (1)	GTGCTGCGAGATACCACAGA	635	Alpha DNA/e-Oligo	Kariyama et al., 2000
vanB (2)	CGAACACCATGCAACATTTC

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