Table 1.

The primer of Staphylococcal chromosomal mec typing.

Primer	Sequence (5’–3’)	Size of PCR product (bp)	References
au-F3	TCGCTTGCTATGATTGTGG	359	[22]
au-R	GCCAATGTTCTACCATAGC
in-F	CATGTCATATTATTGCGAATGA	430
in-R3	AGGACCATCACCATTGACATATTGAAACC
sch-F	AATGGCTACAATGATAATCACTAA	526
sch-R	CATATCTGTCTTTCGGCGCG
hy-F1	CATTATATGATTTGAACGTG	793
hy-R1	GAATCAATATCGTAAAGTTGC
pse-F2	TRGGCAGTAGGATTCGTTAA	926
pse-R5	CTTTTGTGCTYCMTTTTGG
mecA-F	AAAATCGATGGTAAAGGTTGGC	532	[23]
mecA-R	AGTTCTGCAGTACCGGATTTGC
blaZ-F	ACTTCAACACCTGCTGCTTTC	173	[24]
blaZ-R	TGACCACTTTTATCAGCAACC
M-PCR 1 (for amplification of ccr gene complex with mecA)			[25]
mA1	GCTATCCACCCTCAAACAGG	286
mA2	ACGTTGTAACCACCCCAAGA
α1	AACCTATATCATCAATCAGTACGT	695
α2	TAAAGGCATCAATGCACAAACACT	937
α3	AGCTCAAAAGCAAGCAATAGAAT	1791
βc	ATTGCCTTGATAATAGCCITCT	1287
α4.2	GTATCAATGCACCAGAACTT
β4.2	TTGCGACTCTCTTGGCGTTT
γR	CGTCTATTACAAGATGTTAAGGATAAT	518
γF	CCTTTATAGACTGGATTATTCAAAATAT
M-PCR 2 (for amplification of mec gene complex class)
mI6	CATAACTTCCCATTCTGCAGATG	1963
IS7	ATGCTTAATGATAGCATCCGAATG	2827
IS2	TGAGGTTATTCAGATATTTCGATGT
mA7	ATATACCAAACCCGACAACTACA	804

M-PCR=Multiplex polymerase chain reaction