Table 2.

List of target genes along with their PCR primer sequences and amplicon sizes.

	Target gene	PCR primer sequence (5′→3′)	Amplicon (bp)	References
PCR primers	blaOXA-48	F: TTGGTGGCATCGATTATCGG	744	Salloum et al., 2015
		R: GAGCACTTCTTTTGTGATGGC
	blaNDM-1	F: GGAAACTGGCGACCAACG	678	Salloum et al., 2015
		R: ATGCGGGCCGTATGAGTGA
	blaOXA-23-like	F: GATCGGATTGGAGAACCAGA	501	Woodford et al., 2006
		R: ATTTCTGACCGCATTTCCAT
	blaOXA-24/40	F: GGTTAGTTGGCCCCCTTAAA	246	Woodford et al., 2006
		R: AGTTGAGCGAAAAGGGGATT
	blaOXA-51-like	F: TAATGCTTTGATCGGCCTTG	353	Woodford et al., 2006
		R: TGGATTGCACTTCATCTTGG
	blaOXA-58	F: AAGTATTGGGGCTTGTGCTG	599	Woodford et al., 2006
		R: CCCCTCTGCGCTCTACATAC
	blaOXA-143-like	F: TGGCACTTTCAGCAGTTCCT	149	Higgins et al., 2010
		R: TAATCTTGAGGGGGCCAACC
	blaKPC-2	F: GCAGCGGCAGCAGTTTGTTGATT	184	Salloum et al., 2015
		R: GTAGACGGCCAACACAATAGGTGC
RT-qPCR primers	blaOXA-48	F: TTCGGCCACGGAGCAAATCAG	240	Salloum et al., 2015
		R: GATGTGGGCATATCCATATTCATCGCA
	blaNDM-1	F: TTGGCGATCTGGTTTTCC	195	Salloum et al., 2015
		R: GGTTGATCTCCTG CTTGA
	blaKPC-2	F: GCAGCGGCAGCAGTTTGTTGATT	184	Salloum et al., 2015
		R: GTAGACGGCCAACACAATAGGTGC
	rpoB	F: TCGAAACGCCTGAAGGTC	184	Salloum et al., 2015
		R: TTGGAGTTCGCCTGAGC