Table 1.

Oligonucleotide primers and probes for detection of S. pneumoniae, S. suis and N. meningitidis

	Sequence (5′–3′)	Reference
S. pneumoniae		Carvalho et al. 24
ctrA-Forward	ACGCAATCTAGCAGATGAAGCA
ctrA-Reverse	TCGTGCGTTTTAATTCCAGCT
ctrA Probe	ROX-GCCGAAAACGCTTGATACAGGGAG-BHQ2
S. suis		Mai et al. 3
cps2J-Forward	GGTTACTTGCTACTTTTGATGGAAATT
cps2J-Reverse	CGCACCTCTTTTATCTCTTCCAA
cps2J Probe	FAM-TCAAGAATCTGAGCTGCAAAAGTGTCAAATTGA-TAMRA
N. meningitidis		Corless et al. 25
ctrA-Forward	GCTGCGGTAGGTGGTTCAA
ctrA-Reverse	TTGTCGCGGATTTGCAACTA
ctrA Probe	FAM-CATTGCCACGTGTCAGCTGCACAT-BHQ1