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A cross\u2010sectional study was conducted from October 2021 to March 2023. Stool samples from 307 cancer patients with enteric disorders and 200 noncancer patients with enteric disorders were examined to diagnose the presence of bacteria using various techniques. Among all participants in this study, 62.13% were female and 37.87% were male. The average age of the participants was 46.38\u2009\u00b1\u200915.81\u2009years, with a minimum age of 10\u2009years and a maximum age of 84\u2009years. 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Most isolates were sensitive to imipenem (IMP), gentamicin (GEN), and amikacin (AMK). <jats:italic>Proteus vulgaris,<\/jats:italic> the most prevalent isolate, showed significantly high resistance (with <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &lt; 0.05) in cancer patients compared to noncancer patients at amoxicillin\/clavuranic acid (AMC) (89.13% <jats:italic>versus<\/jats:italic> 41.30%), ceftriaxone (CTR) (63.04% <jats:italic>versus<\/jats:italic> 39.13%), ciprofloxacin (CIP) (65.22% <jats:italic>versus<\/jats:italic> 34.18%), and tetracycline (TET) (93.48% <jats:italic>versus<\/jats:italic> 63.04%). Multidrug resistance was observed in cancer patients compared to noncancer patients for <jats:italic>Klebsiella pneumoniae<\/jats:italic> (85.00% <jats:italic>versus<\/jats:italic> 60.00%), <jats:italic>Salmonella typhi<\/jats:italic> (84.62% <jats:italic>versus<\/jats:italic> 60.00%), and <jats:italic>Klebsiella oxytoca<\/jats:italic> (86.49% <jats:italic>versus<\/jats:italic> 43.48%). 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