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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Nov 2.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Mar 1;48(5):612–614. doi: 10.1086/597009

Table 1.

PCR primers used for detection of superantigen genes

Gene Detected Primer Name Sequence (5' to 3') Product Size
seb SEB Primer 1 CACCCAACGTTTTAGCAGAGAG 765bp
SEB Primer 2 GCCTGCACCAGGAGATAAATTTGACC

sec SEC Primer 1 GAGTCAACCAGACCCTATGCC 610bp
SEC Primer 2 CGCCTGGTGCAGGCATC

tstH TSST-1 Primer 1 GTAAGCCCTTTGTTGCTTGC 731bp
TSST-1 Primer 2 GCGTTACAAATACTGA

Note: bp, base pairs