Table 3.

Primers used in this study

Gene	Primers	Sequence	PCR product size (bp)
blaKPC	KPC-F KPC-R	5′-TGTCACTGTATCGCCGTC-3′ 5′-CTCAGTGCTCTACAGAAAACC-3′	1010
blaVIM	VIM-F VIM-R	5′-CCGATGGTGTTTGGTCGCAT-3′ 5′-GAATGCGCAGCACCAGGAT-3`	391
blaKPC	KPC-Up KPC-Dw	5′-GCTACACCTAGCTCCACCTTC-3′ 5′-ACAGTGGTTGGTAATCCATGC-3’	968
blaVIM	VIM-Up VIM-Dw	5’-ATTGGTCTATTTGACCGCGTC-3′ 5′-TGCTACTCAACGACTGAGCG-3’	780

Primers KPC and VIM -F and -R were used for PCR gene detection

Primers KPC and VIM -Up and -Dw were used for gene sequencing