Table 1. Primer sequences and PCR product size.

Genes	Primer sequence(s)	Size (bp)	References
16s rRNA	Staph756F (5’-AACTCTGTTATTAGGGAAGAACA-3’)	756	McClure et al., [12]
	Staph750R (5’-CCACCTTCCTCCGGTTTGTCACC-3’)
mecA	MecA1 (5′ -GTAGAAATGACTGAACGTCCGATAA-3′)	310
	MecA2 (5′-CCAATTCCACATTGTTTCGGTCTAA-3′)
lukS/F-PV	Luk-PV-1 (5′-ATCATTAGGTAAAATGTCTGGACATGATCCA-3′)	433
	Luk-PV-2 (5′-GCATCAAGTGTATTGGATAGCAAAAGC-3′)
arcA	arcA-F (5’-GCAGCAGAATCTATTACTGAGCC-3’)	513	Zhang et al. [13]
	arcA-R (5’-TGCTAACTTTTCTATTGCTTGAGC-3’)
lukE-lukD	LUKDE-1 (5’-TGAAAAAGGTTCAAAGTTGATACGAG-3’)	269	Jarraud et al. [6]
	LUKDE-2(5’-TGTATTCGATAGCAAAAGCAGTGCA-3’)
hla	HLA-1 (5′- CTGATTACTATCCAAGAAATTCGATTG-3´)	209
	HLA-2 (5′- CTTTCCAGCCTACTTTTTTATCAGT-3´)
hlb	HLB-1 (5′ -GTGCACTTACTGACAATAGTGC-3´)	309
	HLB-2-2 (5′ -GTTGATGAGTAGCTACCTTCAGT
tst	GTSSTR-1 (5′- ACCCCTGTTCCCTTATCATC-3′)	326	Mehrotra et al. [3]
	GTSSTR-2 (5′- TTTTCAGTATTTGTAACGCC-3′)
eta	GETAR-1 (5′- GCAGGTGTTGATTTAGCATT-3′)	93
	GETAR-2 (5′- AGATGTCCCTATTTTTGCTG-3′)
etb	GETBR-1 (5′- ACAAGCAAAAGAATACAGCG-3′)	226
	GETBR-2 (5′- GTTTTTGGCTGCTTCTCTTG-3′)
agr	Pan F(5′-ATGCACATGGTGCACATGC-3′)		Gilot et al.[14]
agr group I	agr1 R (5′-GTCACAAGTACTATAAGCTGCGAT-3′)	441
agr group II	agr2 R (5′-TATTACTAATTGAAAAGTGGCCATAGC-3′)	575
agr group III	agr3 R (5′-GTAATGTAATAGCTTGTATAATAATACCCAG3′)	323
agr group IV	agr4 R(5′-CGATAATGCCGTAATACCCG-3′)	659