Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage in Ukraine: antibacterial resistance and virulence factor encoding genes

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 1 Primers used for detection of PVL-, FnBPA-, and ET-encoding genes by PCR

Gene	Primer	Primer sequence (5’ – 3’)	Amplicon size (bp)	Reference
mecA	mecA-F	GTAGAAATGACTGAACGTCCGATAA	310	McClure et al. 2006 [13]
mecA	mecA-R	CCAATTCCACATTGTTTCGGTCTAA	310	McClure et al. 2006 [13]
fnbA	fnbA-F	CACAACCAGCAAATATAG	1362	Peacock et al. 2002 [14]
fnbA	fnbA-R	CTGTGTGGTAATCAATGTC	1362	Peacock et al. 2002 [14]
eta	eta-F	ACTGTAGGAGCTAGTGCATTTGT	190	Jarraud et al. 2002 [15]
eta	eta-R	TGGATACTTTTGTCTATCTTTTTCATCAAC	190	Jarraud et al. 2002 [15]
etb	etb-F	ATACACACATTACGGATAAT	629	Yamaguchi et al. 2001 [16]
etb	etb-R	CAAAGTGTCTCCAAAAGTAT	629	Yamaguchi et al. 2001 [16]
etd	etd - F	CGCAAATACATATGAAGAATCTGA	452	Nakaminami et al. 2008 [17]
etd	etd - R	TGTCACCTTGTTGCAAATCTATAG	452	Nakaminami et al. 2008 [17]
PVL components S and F	lukS-PV-	AGTGAACTTATCTTTCTATTGAAAAACACTC	433	Jarraud et al. 2002 [15]
	lukF-PV	GCATCAASTGTATTGGATAGCAAAAGC

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