Fatal Plasmodium falciparum, Clostridium perfringens, and Candida spp. Coinfections in a Traveler to Haiti

Table 1

Oligonucleotide primers used in the PCR assays.

Primer sequence (5^′-3^′)	Gene target	Product size (bp)	Anneling temperature (^∘C)	Reference
Clostridium perfringens specific PCR
PL3 AAG TTA CCT TTG CTG CAT AAT CCC	Phospholipase C	283	55	Fach and Popoff 1997 [17]
PL7 ATA GAT ACT CCA TAT CAT CCT GCT	Phospholipase C
Plasmodium falciparum specific PCR
rFAL1 TTA AAC TGG TTT GGG AAA ACC AAA TAT ATT	18S rRNA	205	58	Perandin et al. 2004 [18]
rFAL2 ACA CAA TGA ACT CAA TCA TGA CTA CCC GTC	18S rRNA
FAL-F CTT TTG AGA GGT TTT GTT ACT TTG AGT AA	18S rRNA	98	58	Perandin et al. 2004 [18]
FAL-R TAT TCC ATG CTG TAG TAT TCA AAC ACA A	18S rRNA