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Snapshot of Phylogenetic Groups, Virulence, and Resistance Markers in Escherichia coli Uropathogenic Strains Isolated from Outpatients with Urinary Tract Infections in Bucharest, Romania

Table 5

Primers sequences used in simplex and multiplex PCR assays for genes encoding BLSE.

The genePrimerNucleotide sequenceAmplification sizeReferences

TEM-F  
TEM-R
5'-ATGAGTTTTCAACATTTTCG-3’  
5'-TTACCAATGCTTAATCAG TG-3’
861Eftekar et al., 2005 [40]

SHV-F  
SHV-R
5'-GCCCTCACTCAAGGATGTAT-3’  
5'-TTAGCGTTGCCAGTGCTCGA-3’
888Naas et al., 1999 [41]

CTX-M-F  
CTX-M-R
5’-CGCTGTTGTTAGGAAGTGTG-3’  
5’-GGCTGGGTGAAGTAAGTGAC-3’
730Israil et al., 2013 [42]

Table 5 is partially reproduced from Grosu et al. 2017 [underthe Creative Commons Attribution License/public domain].