Research Article

Molecular Detection of Carbapenemase-Encoding Genes in Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Clinical Isolates in South Africa

Table 2

List of primers used for PCR amplification of resistant genes.

GeneOligonucleotide sequenceFragment size (bp)LocationReferences

16SrRNAF: 5′TTT AAG CGA GGA GGA GG3′
R: 5′ATT CTA CCA TCC TCT CCC3′
24016SrRNA[20]
OXA-23-likeF: 5′GATCGGATTGGAGAACCAGA3′
R: 5′ATTTCTGACCGCATTTCCAT3′
501blaOXA-23[21]
OXA-24-likeF: 5′GGTTAGTTG GCC CCC TTA AA3′
R: 5′AGTTGAGCGAAAAGGGGATT3′
246blaOXA-24[21]
OXA-51-likeF: 5′TAATGCTTT GATCGG CCT TG3′
R: 5′TGGATTGCACTT CAT CTT GG3′
353blaOXA-51[21]
OXA-58-likeF: 5′AAGTATTGGGGCTTGTGCTG-3′
R: 5′CCCCTCTGCGCTCTACATAC3′
599blaOXA-58[21]
IMP-1F: 5′GATGGTATGGTGGCTCTTGT3′
R: 5′TTAATTTGCCGGACTTAGGC3′
448BlaIMP[22]
NDM-1F: 5′ATTAGCCGCTGCATTGAT3′
R: 5′CATGTCGAGATAGGAAGTG3′
154blaNDM[23]
VIM-likeF: 5′ACTCACCCCCATGGAGTTTT3′
R: 5′ACGACTGAGCGATTTGTGTG3′
815blaVIM[24]
SIM-1-likeF: 5′TAATGCTTT GATCGG CCT TG3′
R: 5′TGGATTGCACTT CAT CTT GG3′
353blaSIM[21]
AmpCF: ACAGAGGAGCTAATCATGCG
R: GTTCTTTTAAACCATATACC
1243blaAmpC[25]
ISAba1F: 5-CACGAATGCAGAAGTTG-3
R: 5-CGACGAATACTATGACAC-3
599ISAba1[18]
intI1F: 5′CAG TGG ACA TAA GCC TGT TC3′
R: 5′CCC GAC GCA TAG ACT GTA3′
160Integrase gene[19]