Table 3.

Primers Used for PCR Detection of Antimicrobial Resistance Genes

Gene	Primers	Sequence (5′→3′)	Amplicon (bp)	References
β-lactams
blaZ	blaZ-I	ACT TCA ACA CCT GCT GCT TTC	173	Martineau et al.32
	blaZ-II	TGA CCA CTT TTA TCA GCA ACC
Vancomycin
vanA	vanA-I	TCT GCA ATA GAG ATA GCC GC	377	Klare et al.33
	vanA-II	GG AGT AGC TAT CCC AGC ATT
vanB	vanB-I	GCT CCG CAG CCT GCA TGG ACA	529	Fraimow et al.34
	vanB-II	ACG ATG CCG CCA TCC TCC TGA
vanC-1	vanC-I	GAA AGA CAA CAG GAA GAC CGC	796	Clark et al.35
	vanC-II	ATC GCA TCA CAA GCA CCA ATC
Tetracycline
tetK	tetK-I	TCG ATA GGA ACA GCA GTA	169	Ng et al.36
	tetK-II	CAG CAG ATC CTA CTC CTT
tetM	tetM-I	GTG GAC AAA GGT ACA ACG AG	406
	tetM-II	CGG TAA AGT TCG TCA CAC AC
tetO	tetO-I	AAC TTA GGC ATT CTG GCT CAC	515
	tetO-II	TCC CAC TGT TCC ATA TCG TCA
Erythromycin
ermA	ermA-I	TCT AAA AAG CAT GTA AAA GAA	645	Sutcliffe et al.37
	ermA-II	CTT CGA TAG TTT ATT AAT ATT AGT
ermB	ermB-I	GAA AAG GTA CTC AAC CAA ATA	639
	ermB-II	AGT AAC GGT ACT TAA ATT GTT TAC
ermC	ermC-I	TCA AAA CAT AAT ATA GAT AAA	642
	ermC-II	GCT AAT ATT GTT TAA ATC GTC AAT
Aminoglycosides
aac(6′)Ie-aph(2′′)Ia	aac_aph-I	GAG CAA TAA GGG CAT ACC AAA AAT C	480	Kao et al.38
	aac_aph-II	CCG TGC ATT TGT CTT AAA AAA CTG G