TABLE 2.

Nucleotide sequences of the oligonucleotides used for bla_TEM and bla_OXA-1 amplification

Gene and primer	Sequence	Positiona
blaTEM
A	5′-ATAAAATTCTTGAAGAC-3′	−7
B	5′-AAAACTCTCAAGGATCTT-3′	382
C	5′-AAAGATGCTGAAGATCA-3′	301
D	5′-TTTGGTATGGCTTCATTC-3′	726
E	5′-TTACCAATGCTTAATCA-3′	652
F	5′-TTTTTTGCACAACATGGG-3′	1069
blaOXA-1
G	5′-TCAACTTTCAAGATCGCA-3′	211
H	5′-GTGTGTTTAGAATGGTGA-3′	820

^aFor the positions of the bla_TEM gene primers the numbering of Sutcliffe (34) was used. For the positions of the bla_OXA-1 gene primers the numbering of Ouellette et al. (26) was used.