Volume 20, Number 4—April 2014
Research
High Rates of Antimicrobial Drug Resistance Gene Acquisition after International Travel, the Netherlands
Table 1
Primer/probe | Sequence,* 5′→3′ | Final conc., nM | Amplicon size, bp | Cycling conditions | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
16S-rDNA_F | TGGAGAGTTTGATCCTGGCTCAG | 500 | 526 | 95°C, 4 min | (18) |
16S-rDNA_R |
TACCGCGGCTGCTGGCAC |
250 |
35 × 95°C, 15 s; 65°C, 60 s |
||
cfxA_F | TGACAGTGAGAGATTTGCTGC | 300 | 150 | 95°C, 3 min | (19) |
cfxA_R |
GGTCAGCCGACATTTCCTCTT |
300 |
40 × 95°C, 15s; 60°C, 15s; 72°C, 30s |
||
tetM_F | ACACGCCAGGACATATGGAT | 300 | 126 | 95°C, 3 min | (19) |
tetM_R |
GGGAATCCCCATTTTCCTAA |
300 |
40 × 95°C, 15s; 57°C, 15s; 72°C, 30s |
||
tetQ_F | CAAGGTGATATCCGCTCTGA | 300 | 128 | 95°C, 3 min | (19) |
tetQ_R |
GGAAAATCGTTCTTCCAGCA |
300 |
40 × 95°C, 15s; 57°C, 15s; 72°C, 30s |
||
ermB_F | AAGGGCATTTAACGACGAAACTG | 300 | 438 | 95°C, 3 min | This study |
ermB_R |
ATTTATCTGGAACATCTGTGGTATG |
300 |
40 × 95°C, 20s; 60°C, 30s; 72°C, 40s |
||
aac6-aph2_F | TTGGGAAGATGAAGTTTTTAGA | 300 | 173 | 95°C, 3 min | (20) |
aac6-aph2_R |
CCTTTACTCCAATAATTTGGCT |
300 |
40 × 95°C, 15s; 57°C, 20s; 72°C, 30s |
||
CTX-M_F | ATGTGCAGYACCAGTAARGTKATGGC | 500 | 336 | 95°C, 15 min | (21) |
CTX-M_R | ATCACKCGGRTCGCCNGGRAT | 500 | 40 × 95°C, 15s; 58°C, 20s | ||
CTX-M-1 | JOE-CCCGACAGCTGGGAGACGAAACGT-BHQ1 | 100 | 72°C, 30s | ||
CTX-M-2 | 6FAM-CAGGTGCTTATCGCTCTCGCTCTGTT-BHQ1 | 100 | |||
CTX-M-9 | JOE-CTGGATCGCACTGAACCTACGCTGA-BHQ1 | 100 | |||
CTX-M-2-8-9-25 |
6FAM-CGACAATACYGCCATGAA-MGB-NFQ |
100 |
|||
NDM_F | ATTAGCCGCTGCATTGAT | 400 | 154 | 95°C, 15 min | (22) |
NDM_R | CATGTCGAGATAGGAAGTG | 400 | 42 × 95°C, 15s; 60°C, 60s | ||
NDM_probe |
6FAM- CTG[+C]CA[+G]AC[+A]TT[+C]GGTGC-BHQ1 |
200 |
|||
qnrA_F | CAGTTTCGAGGATTGCAGTT | 400 | 148 | 95°C, 15 min | (23) |
qnrA_R | CCTGAACTCTATGCCAAAGC | 400 | 45 × 95°C, 30s; 52°C, 30s; | ||
qnrA_probe |
6FAM-AAGGGTGYCACTTCAGCTATGCC-BHQ1 |
100 |
72°C, 30s |
||
qnrB_F | CAGATTTYCGCGGCGCAAG | 400 | 134 | 95°C, 15 min | (23) |
qnrB_R | TTCCCACAGCTCRCAYTTTTC | 400 | 45 × 95°C, 30s; 55°C, 30s; | ||
qnrB_probe |
6FAM-CGCACCTGGTTTTGYAGYGCMTATATCAC-BHQ1 |
100 |
72°C, 30s |
||
qnrS_F | TCAAGTGAGTAATCGTATGTA | 400 | 157 | 95°C, 15 min | (23) |
qnrS_R | GTCTGACTCTTTCAGTGAT | 400 | 45 × 95°C, 30s; 55°C, 30s | ||
qnrS_probe | 6FAM-CCAGCGATTTTCAAACAACTCAC-BHQ1 | 100 | 72°C, 30s |
*Nucleic acids between brackets and preceded by + are locked nucleic acids; nM, nanomolar; conc., concentration; ref., reference.
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*These authors contributed equally to this article and are co–first authors.
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