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Rapid evolution of fluoroquinolone-resistant Escherichia coli in Nigeria is temporally associated with fluoroquinolone use

Adebayo Lamikanra1, Jennifer L Crowe2, Rebeccah S Lijek2, Babatunde W Odetoyin3, John Wain4, A Oladipo Aboderin3 and Iruka N Okeke2*

1 Faculty of Pharmacy, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria

2 Department of Biology, Haverford College, 370 Lancaster Avenue, Haverford, PA 19041, USA

3 Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State Nigeria

4 Health Protection Agency, Colindale, London, NW9 5EQ, UK

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BMC Infectious Diseases 2011, 11:312 doi:10.1186/1471-2334-11-312

Published: 7 November 2011

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Table S1: Oligonucleotide primers used for standard PCR reactions.

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Table S2: qPCR primers.

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