Research Article

[Retracted] Contamination of Hospital Water Supplies in Gilan, Iran, with Legionella pneumophila, Escherichia coli, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Table 1

Characteristic of primers used in the present study.

Primer Sequence (5′→3′)UseReference

Lpms1F
Lpms1R
CAGGGAAATGCTCTAGCACAC
TCGCTTCGGACTGAATTTCT
L. pneumophila detection[12]

Lmip F
Lmip R
GGCCAATAGGTCCGCCAACG
GGTGACTGCGGCTGTTATGG
mip gene detection[13]

gyrB-F
gyrB-R
CCTGACCATCCGTCGCCACAAC
CGCAGCAGGATGCCGACGCC
P. aeruginosa detection[14]

Vim1-1A
Vim1-1B
TTATGGAGCAGCAACGATGT
CAAAAGTCCCGCTCCAACGA
blaVIM detection[15]

Int1-1A
Int1-1B
TACCTCTCACTAGTGAGGGG
ATGAAAACCGCCACTGCGCC
int1 detection[16]

EPE-F
EPE-R
CCCGAATTCGGCACAAGCATAAGC
CCCGGATCCGTCTCGCCAGTATTCG
E. coli detection [17]

16srRNA F
16srRNA R
GGATTAGATACCCTGGTAGTCC
TCGTTGCGGGACTTAACCCAAC
Detection of whole bacterial load[18]