Research Article

Staphylococcal Enterotoxins and Toxic Shock Syndrome Toxin-1 and Their Association among Bacteremic and Infective Endocarditis Patients in Egypt

Table 1

Primer sequences and expected sizes of PCR products.

GenePrimer sequence (5-3)Expected size (bp)TmReference

Sea (Staphylococcal type A enterotoxin)F-GGTTATCAATGTGCGGGTGG
R-CGGCACTTTTTTCTCTTCGG
10250[26]
Seb (Staphylococcal type B enterotoxin)F-GTATGGTGGTGTAACTGAGC
R-CCAAATAGTGACGAGTTAGG
16450[26]
Sec (Staphylococcal type C1 enterotoxin)F-AGATGAAGTAGTTGATGTGTATGG
R-CACACTTTTAGAATCAACCG
45150[26]
Sed (Staphylococcal type D enterotoxin)F-CCAATAATAGGAGAAAATAAAAG
R-ATTGGTATTTTTTTCGTTC
27850[26]
See (Staphylococcal type E enterotoxin)F-AGGTTTTTTCACAGGTCATCC
R-CTTTTTTTTTCTTCGGTCAATC
20950[26]
tsst-1 (toxic shock syndrome toxin-1)F-ACCCCTGTTCCCTTATCATC
R-TTTTCAGTATTTGTAACGCC
32650[26]