The Relationship between Colonization by Moraxella catarrhalis and Tonsillar Hypertrophy

Table 1

Primers and probes used for bacterial detection.

Bacteria	Primers	Probes	References
S. pneumoniae	5′TGCAGAGCGTCCTTTGGTCTAT3′ (FORWARD)	FAM 5′TGGCGCCCATAAGCAACACTCGAA-Tamra 3′ TAMRA	Corless et al., [16]
	5′CTCTTACTCGTGGTTTCCAACTTGA3′ (REVERSE)
S. aureus	5′GTTGCTTAGTGTTAACTTTAGTTGTA 3′ (FORWARD)	5′-VIC-AAGTCTAAGTAGCTCAGCAAATGCA-MGB-3′	Kilic et al., [17]
	5′AATGTCGCAGGTTCTTTATGTAATTT 3′ (REVERSE)
P. aeruginosa	5′CGAGTACAACATGGCTCTGG 3′ (FORWARD)	5′-FAM-CCTGCAGCACCAGGTAGCGC-Tamra-3′	Feizabadi et al., [18]
	5′ACCGGACGCTCTTTACCATA 3′ (REVERSE)
H. influenzae	5′CCAGCTGCTAAAGTATTAGTAGAAG 3′ (FORWARD)	5′-VIC-CAGATGCAGTTGAAGGTTATTTAG-MGB-3′	Abdeldaim et al., [19]
	5′TTCACCGTAAGATACTGTGCC 3′ (REVERSE)
M. catarrhalis	5′GTCAAACAGCTGGAGGTATTGC 3′ (FORWARD)	5′-NED-ATCGCAATTGCAACTTT-MGB-3′	Heiniger et al., [20]
	5′GACATGATGCTCACCTGCTCTA 3′ (REVERSE)

S. pneumonia: Streptococcus pneumoniae; S. aureus: Staphylococcus aureus; P. aeruginosa: Pseudomonas aeruginosa; H. influenzae: Haemophilus influenzae; M. catarrhalis: Moraxella catarrhalis.