Carriage of plasmid-mediated qnr determinants and quinolone efflux pump (qepA) by ciprofloxacin-resistant bacteria recovered from Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) samples

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Table 1 Oligonucleotide primers and amplicon sizes of PMQR genes targeted in this study

Target gene	Primer sequence (5′ to 3′)	Amplicon size (bp)	References
qnrA	TTCAGCAAGAGGATTTCTCA	608	Wu et al. (2007)
qnrA	GGCAGCACCATTACTCCCAA	608	Wu et al. (2007)
qnrB	CCTGAGCGGCACTGAATTCAT	389	Wu et al. (2007)
qnrB	GTTTGCTGCTCGCCAGTCGA	389	Wu et al. (2007)
qnrS	CAATCATACATATCGGCACC	621	Wu et al. (2007)
qnrS	TCAGGATAAACAACAATACCC	621	Wu et al. (2007)
qepA	GCAGGTCCAGCAGCGGGTAG	218	Wu et al. (2007)
qepA	CTTCCTGCCCGAAGTATCGTG	218	Wu et al. (2007)