Identification of Common Bacterial Pathogens Causing Meningitis in Culture-Negative Cerebrospinal Fluid Samples Using Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction

Table 1

Real-time PCR primers [9].

Oligonucleotide	Sequence	Final conc. (nM)
ctrA forward	5-TGTGTTCCGCTATACGCCATT-3	300
ctrA reverse	5-GCCATATTCACACGATATACC-3	900
bexA forward	5-TGCGGTAGTGTTAGAAAATGGTATTATG-3	600
bexA reverse	5-GGACAAACATCACAAGCGGTTA-3	600
lytA forward	5-ACGCAATCTAGCAGATGAAGCA-3	200
lytA reverse	5-TCGTGCGTTTTAATTCCAGCT	200