Table 1. Primers used for detection of ESBL genes in this study.
Primer | Nucleotide Sequence (5′–3′) | Annealing temperature °C | Amplicon length in bases | Reference |
blaCTX-M (F) | CGCTTTGCGATGTGCAG | 50 | 551 | [12] |
blaCTX-M (R) | ACCGCGATATCGTTGGT | |||
blaSHV (F) | GCAAAACGCCGGGTTATTC | 50 | 937 | [13] |
blaSHV (R) | GGTTAGCGTTGCCAGTGCT | |||
blaTEM (F) | ATGAGTATTCAACATTTCCG | 46 | 851 | [14] |
blaTEM (R) | TTAATCAGTGAGGCACCTAT |