Research Article

Prevalence of Plasmid-Mediated Quinolone Resistance Genes among Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae Human Isolates in Iran

Table 1

Primers used for polymerase chain reaction and sequencing.

PrimerTarget geneSequence ()Amplification product (bp)Reference

CTX-MA 
CTX-MB

CGCTTTGCGATGTGCAG 
ACCGCGATATCGTTGGT
590[17]
M-1F 
M-1R

AAAAATCACTGCGCCAGTTC 
AGCTTATTCATCGCCACGTT
415[17]
M-2 
M-2R

CGACGCTACCCCTGCTAT 
CCAGCGTCAGATTTTTCAGG
552[17]
M-8F 
M-8R

ACGCTCAACACCGCGATC 
CGTGGGTTCTCGGGGATAA
490[17]
M-9F 
M-9R

CAAAGAGAGTGCAACGGATG 
ATTGGAAAGCGTTCATCACC
205[17]
qnrA F 
qnrA R
qnrA
qnrA
ATTTCTCACGCCAGGATTTG 
GATCGGCAAAGGTTAGGTCA
516[13]
qnrB F 
qnrB R
qnrB
qnrB
GATCGTGAAAGCCAGAAAGG 
ACGATGCCTG¬GTAGTTGTCC
469[13]
qnrS F 
qnrS R
qnrS
qnrS
ACGACATTCGTCAACTGCAA 
TAAATTGGCACCCTGTAGGC
417[13]
aac(6′)-Ib-cr F 
aac(6′)-Ib-cr R
aac()-Ib-cr
aac()-Ib-cr
TGACCAACAGCAACGATTCC 
TTAGGCATCACTGCGTGTTC
554[14]
qepA F 
qepA R
qepA
qepA
GGACATCTACGGCTTCTTCG 
AGCTGCAGGTACTGCGTCAT
720[15]