Research Article

Prevalence of Plasmid-Mediated Quinolone Resistance Determinants and OqxAB Efflux Pumps among Extended-Spectrum -Lactamase Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolated from Patients with Nosocomial Urinary Tract Infection in Tehran, Iran

Table 1

Primers sequence used to detect bla genes and PMQR genes in this study.

Target geneNucleotide sequenceSize of the amplified product (bp)Reference

blaTEM5′-TCGGGGAAATGTGCGCG-3′972 [2]
5′-TGCTTAATCAGTGAGGCACC-3′

blaSHV5′-GGGTTATTCTTATTTGTCGC-3′615 [3]
5′-TTAGCGTTGCCAGTGCTC-3′

blaCTX-M5′-ACGCTGTTGTTAGGAAGTG-3′857 [3]
5′-TTGAGGCTGGGTGAAGT-3′

aac(6)-Ib 5′-TTGCGATGCTCTATGAGTGGCTA-3′482 [11]
5′-CTCGAATGCCTGGCGTGTTT-3′

qepA 5′-CTGCAGGTACTGCGTCATG-3′403 [12]
5′-CGTGTTGCTGGAGTTCTTC-3′

oqxA 5′-GACAGCGTCGCACAGAATG-3′339 [13]
5′-GGAGACGAGGTTGGTATGGA-3′

oqxB 5′-CGAAGAAAGACCTCCCTACCC-3′240 [13]
5′-CGCCGCCAATGAGATACA-3′

qnrA 5′-AGAGGATTTCTCACGCCAGG-3′619 [13]
5′-GCAGCACTATKACTCCCAAGG-3′

qnrB 5′-GATCGTGAAAGCCAGAAAGG-3′469 [14]
5′-CGATGCCTGGTAGTTGTCC-3′

qnrS 5′-GCAAGTTCATTGAACAGGCT-3′428 [12]
5′-TCTAAACCGTCGAGTTCGGCG-3′