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Table 1 Primers for detecting carbapenemases of class A and two selected class D subgroups

From: Acinetobacter baumannii producing OXA-23 detected in the Czech Republic

Primer

Sequence

Product size (bp)

Ta

Reference

(5′→3′)

SME-F

AGATAGTAAATTTTATAG

1138

50°C

Radice et al.; 2004

SME-R

CTCTAACGCTAATAG

IMI-F

ATAGCCATCCTTGTTTAGCTC

818

50°C

Queenan et al.; 2000

IMI-R

TCTGCGATTACTTTATCCTC

NMC1

GCATTGATATACCTTTAGCAGAGA

2158

50°C

Aubron et al.; 2005

NMC4

CGGTGATAAAATCACACTGAGCATA

KPC-F

ATGTCACTGTATCGCCGTCT

893

60°C

Bradford et al.; 2004

KPC-R

TTTTCAGAGCCTTACTGCCC

GES-F

GTTTTGCAATGTGCTCAACG

371

50°C

Weldhagen et al.; 2004

GES-R

TGCCATAGCAATAGGCGTAG

OXA-23 F

AAGCATGATGAGCGCAAAG

1066

50°C

Donald et al.; 2000

OXA-23R

AAAAGGCCCATTTATCTCAAA

OXA-48 F

TTGGTGGCATCGATTATCGG

744

50°C

Poirel et al., 2004

OXA-48R

GAGCACTTCTTTTGTGATGGC

  1. Legend: Ta – annealing temperature.