Determination of Virulence Factors and Resistance Profile of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strains among Different Types of spa, agr, and SCCmec

Table 1

Oligonucleotide primers used in this study.

Primer	Sequence (5-3)	Amplicon size (bp)	References
nucA; nucA	CTGGCATATGTATGGCAATTGTT; TATTGACCTGAATCAGCGTTGTCT	613	[20]
mecA; mecA	GATGAAATGACTGAACGTCCGATAA; CCAATTCCACATTGTTTCGGTCTAA	310	[20]
agr I F; agr I R	ATGCACATGGTGCACATGC; GTCACAAGTACTATAAGCTGCGA	441	[19]
agr II F; agr II R	ATGCACATGGTGCACATGC; TATTACTAATTGAAAAGTGGCCATAGC	575	[19]
agr III F; agr III R	ATGCACATGGTGCACATGC; GTAATGTAATAGCTTGTATAATAATACCCAG	323	[19]
agr IV F; agr IV R	ATGCACATGGTGCACATGC; CGATAATGCCGTAATACCCG	659	[19]
spa F; spa R	TAAAGACGATCCTTCGGTGAGC; CAGCAGTAGTGCCGTTTGCTT	300-500	[11]