Table 1.

PCR primers used for molecular identification of Candida species tested in this study

Molecular method	Species identified	Primer name	Sequence (5′ → 3′)	Amplicon size	Reference
Singleplex PCR	C. albicans	CR-f	GCTACCACTTCAGAATCATCATC	~ 960 bp	Romeo and Criseo, 2008
		CR-r	GCACCTTCAGTCGTAGAGACG
Multiplex PCR	C. glabrata	UNI-5,8S	ACCAGAGGGCGCAATGTG	~ 397 bp	Romeo et al., 2009
		GLA-f	CGGTTGGTGGGTGTTCTGC
		NIV-f	AGGGAGGAGTTTGTATCTTTCAAC
		BRA-f	GGGACGGTAAGTCTCCCG
Multiplex PCR	C. parapsilosis	mCPF	TTTGCTTTGGTAGGCCTTCTA	~ 171 bp	Asadzadeh et al., 2015
		mCOF	TAAGTCAACTGATTAACTAAT
		mCMF	AACTGCAATCCTTTTCTTTCTA
		mLEF	TACAGAATTTTGAGAATTGTG
		mCPCR	AATATCTGCAATTCATATTACT