Table 1.

Oligonucleotide primers used in the heptaplex PCR assay

Target DNA	Amplicon size (bp)	Primer Identity	Primer sequence 5’ → 3’	Reference
cns	204	cns-1	TATCCACGAAACTTCTAAAACAACTGTTACT	[27]
		cns-2	TCTTTAGATAATACGTATACTTCAGCTTTGAATTT
16S rRNA	174	16S-1	CTAGTAATCGCGGATCAGCAT	[27]
		16S-2	GATACGGCTACCTTGTTACGACTT
mecA	155	mecA-1	TGGTATGTGGAAGTTAGATTGGGAT	[26]
		mecA-2	CTAATCTCATATGTGTTCCTGTATTGGC
tuf	143	tuf-1	TACCAGCATTAGTAGTATTCTTAAACAAAGTTG	This study
		tuf-2	TGCTGAACCAGCGATTACAG
pvl	118	pvl-1	TTACACAGTTAAATATGAAGTGAACTGGA	[26]
		pvl-2	AGCAAAAGCAATGCAATTGATG
vanA	111	vanA-1	GCTGTGAGGTCGGTTGTG	This study
		vanA-2	GCTCGACTTCCTGATGAATACG
spa	101	spa-1	CAGCAAACCATGCAGATGCTA	[26]
		spa-2	CGCTAATGATAATCCACCAAATACA