Molecular and phenotypic characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from a tertiary hospital in the Philippines

Table 1 Primers for the detection of mecA, lukF-lukS, and 16S rDNA for Staphylococcus aureus

Primer	Nucleotide sequence (5′ to 3′)	Product size (bp)
Staph 756F	AACTCTGTTATTAGGGAAGAACA	756
Staph 750R	CCAACCTTCCTCCGGTTTGTCACC	756
Luk-PV-1	ATCATTAGGTAAAATGTCTGGACATGATCCA	433
Luk-PV-2	GCATCAAGTGTATTGGATAGCAAAAGC	433
MecA1	GTAGAAATGACTGAACGTCCGATAA	310
MecA2	CCAATTCCACATTGTTTCGGTCTAA	310

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