Ready-to-Eat Foods: A Potential Vehicle for the Spread of Coagulase-Positive Staphylococci and Antimicrobial-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Buea Municipality, South West Cameroon

Table 1

Primer sequences of S. aureus used for the PCR assay in this study.

Target gene	Oligonucleotide sequence (5′ ⟶ 3′)	Product size (bp)	References
nuc	F: GCGATTGATGGTGATACGGTT; R: AGCCAAGCCTTGACGAACTAAAGC	280	[34]
sea	F: TTGGAAACGGTTAAAACGAA; R: GAACCTTCCCATCAAAAACA	120
seb	F: TCGCATCAAACTGACAAACG; R: GCAGGTACTCTATAAGTGCC	478
sec	F: GACATAAAAGCTAGGAATTT; R: AAATCGGATTAACATTATCC	257
sed	F: CTAGTTTGGTAATATCTCCT; R: TAATGCTATATCTTATAGGG	317
see	F: AGGTTTTTTCACAGGTCATCC; R: CTTTTTTTTCTTCGGTCAATC	209	[35]
MecA	F: AAAATCGATGGTAAAGGTTGGC; R: AGTTCTGCAGTACCGGATTTGC	533	[36]