Table 1.

Primers used for the detection of Staphylococcus aureus SE genes

Gene	Primer	Sequence (5΄-3΄)	Size (bp) of PCR product	Reference
23S rRNA	23S rRNA F	ACG GAG TTA CAA AGG ACG AC	1250	Straub et al. 1999
	23S rRNA R	AGC TCA GCC TTA ACG AGT AC
Sea	sea F	TAA GGA GGT GGT GCC TAT GG	180	Cremonesi et al. 2005
	sea R	CAT CGA AAC CAG CCA AAG TT
Seb	Seb F	TCG CAT CAA ACT GAC AAA CG	478	Johnson et al. 1991
	Seb R	GCA GGT ACT CTA TAA GTG CC
Sec	sec F	ACC AGA CCC TAT GCC AGA TG	371	Cremonesi et al. 2005
	sec R	TCC CAT TAT CAA AGT GGT TTC C
Sed	sed F	TCA ATT CAA AAG AAA TGG CTC A	339	Cremonesi et al. 2005
	sed R	TTT TTC CGC GCT GTA TTT TT
See	see F	AGG TTT TTT CAC AGG TCA TCC	209	Mehrotra et al. 2000
	See R	CTT TTT TTT CTT CGG TCA ATC
Seg	seg F	CCA CCT GTT GAA GGA AGA G	432	Cremonesi et al. 2005
	seg R	TGC AGA ACC ATC AAA CTC GT
Seh	seh F	TCA CAT CAT ATG CGA AAG CAG	463	Cremonesi et al. 2005
	seh R	TCG GAC AAT ATT TTT CTG ATC TTT
Sei	sei F	GGT GAT ATT GGT GTA GGT AAC	454	Omoe et al. 2002
	sei R	ATC CAT ATT CTT TGC CTT TAC CAG
Sej	sej F	GGT TTT CAA TGT TCT GGT GGT	306	Cremonesi et al. 2005
	sej R	AAC CAA CGG TTC TTT TGA GG