Table 1.

Primers of Carbapenemase and 16S rRNA Methylase Genes Used in This Study

Target gene	Sequence (5’ to 3’)	Amplicon size/bp	Reference
blaKPC	F:ATGTCACTGTATCGCCGTCT	893	[8]
	R:TTTTCAGAGCCTTACTGCCC
blaNDM	F:CAGCACACTTCCTATCTC	292	[8]
	R:CCGCAACCATCCCCTCTT
blaOXA-48	F:TTGGTGGCATCGATTATCGG	743	[8]
	R:GAGCACTTCTTTTGTGATGGC
blaIMP	F: CTACCGCAGCAGAGTCTTTG	587	[8]
	R:AACCAGTTTTGCCTTACCAT
blaVIM	F: ATGGTGTTTGGTCGCATATC	509	[8]
	R:TGGGCCATTCAGCCAGATC
armA	F:ATTCTGCCTATCCTAATTGG	315	[9]
	R:ACCTATACTTTATCGTCGTC
rmtA	F:CTAGCGTCCATCCTTTCCTC	635	[9]
	R:TTGCTTCCATGCCCTTGCC
rmtB	F:ATGAACATCAACGATGCCCT	769	[10]
	R:CCTTCTGATTGGCTTATCCA
rmtC	F:CGAAGAAGTAACAGCCAAAG	711	[9]
	R:ATCCCAACATCTCTCCCACT
rmtD	F:GGGCTGAATCCTGTCTACCTCG	741	[11]
	R:CGTTCTCGCCCAGTATTTC
rmtE	F:ATGAATATTGATGAAATGGTTGC	818	[11]
	R:TGATTGATTTCCTCCGTTTTTG
npmA	F:AAGCACTTTCATACTGACG	980	[11]
	R:CAATTTTGTTCTTATTAGC