Table 1.

Primers used in agr and SCCmec typing by multiplex PCR.

Gene	Primer	Sequence (5′–3′)	Amplicon size (bp)	Reference
agrI	agr I-F agr I-R	ATGCACATGGTGCACATGC GTCACAAGTACTATAAGCTGCGAT	441	Gilot et al. (2002)
agrII	agr II-F agr II-R	ATGCACATGGTGCACATGC TATTACTAATTGAAAAGTGGCCATAGC	575	Gilot et al. (2002)
agrIII	agr III-F agr III-R	ATGCACATGGTGCACATGC GTAATGTAATAGCTTGTAAAAAGTGGCCATAGC	323	Gilot et al. (2002)
agrIV	agr IV-F agr IV-R	ATGCACATGGTGCACATGC CGATAATGCCGTAATACCCG	659	Gilot et al. (2002)
SCCmec I	mec I-F mec I-R	GCTTTAAAGAGTGTCGTTACAGG GTTCTCTCATAGTATGACGTCC	613	Zhang et al. (2005)
SCCmec II	mec II-F mec II-R	CGTTGAAGATGATGAAGCG CGAAATCAATGGTTAATGGACC	398	Zhang et al. (2005)
SCCmec III	mec III-F mec III-R	CCATATTGTGTACGATGCG CCTTAGTTGTCGTAACAGATCG	280	Zhang et al. (2005)
SCCmec IVa	mec IVa-F mec IVa-R	GCCTTATTCGAAGAAACCG CTACTCTTCTGAAAAGCGTCG	776	Zhang et al. (2005)
SCCmec V	mec V-F mec V-R	GAACATTGTTACTTAAATGAGCG TGAAAGTTGTACCCTTGACACC	325	Zhang et al. (2005)
mecA	mec 147-F mec 147-R	GTGAAGATATACCAAGTGATT ATGCGCTATAGATTGAAAGGAT	147	Zhang et al. (2005)

F, forward; R, reverse.