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Thus, this study was executed to appraise the rampancy of bacterial infections, antimicrobial susceptibility patterns, and molecular characterization of isolates among patients in Bafgh Hospital in Yazd, Iran, in 2020.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    <jats:bold>Methods:<\/jats:bold>\n                    In the current study, we surveyed 103 isolates of 400 clinical specimens from early March 2020 to September 2020 in Bafgh Hospital. We assessed phenotypic traits and antibiotic resistance with standard microbiological methods. Phenotypic methods were also performed to identify extended\u2010spectrum beta\u2010lactamases (ESBLs) in Gram\u2010negative bacilli, inducible clindamycin resistance, and methicillin resistance in\n                    <jats:italic>Staphylococcus<\/jats:italic>\n                    according to CLSI guidelines. Molecular identification of isolates was done by conventional PCR 16S rRNA gene sequencing. Furthermore, we investigated the prevalence of resistant genes including\n                    <jats:italic>bla<\/jats:italic>\n                    <jats:sub>TEM<\/jats:sub>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>bla<\/jats:italic>\n                    <jats:sub>PER-2<\/jats:sub>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>bla<\/jats:italic>\n                    <jats:sub>CTX-M<\/jats:sub>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>bla<\/jats:italic>\n                    <jats:sub>SHV<\/jats:sub>\n                    , and\n                    <jats:italic>bla<\/jats:italic>\n                    <jats:sub>VEB-1<\/jats:sub>\n                    in Gram\u2010negative bacteria and the\n                    <jats:italic>mec<\/jats:italic>\n                    A gene in staphylococcal species.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    <jats:bold>Results:<\/jats:bold>\n                    From 400 different clinical specimens, 103 isolates of Gram\u2010positive and Gram\u2010negative bacteria were isolated. Based on phenotypic and molecular methods, most common isolates were\n                    <jats:italic>Escherichia coli<\/jats:italic>\n                    (53 isolates), followed by\n                    <jats:italic>Klebsiella<\/jats:italic>\n                    spp. (18 isolates), and\n                    <jats:italic>Staphylococcus aureus<\/jats:italic>\n                    (16 isolates). The highest resistance was found in Gram\u2010positive bacteria to erythromycin (66.67%) and penicillin (55.56%), while considering Gram\u2010negative bacteria, the most resistant was cefixime (49.41%) and trimethoprim\u2013sulfamethoxazole (47.05%). In addition, out of 16\n                    <jats:italic>S. aureus<\/jats:italic>\n                    isolates, 62.5% and 17.65% were resistant to methicillin and clindamycin, respectively. Among 83 Gram\u2010negative isolates, 22.89% were ESBL\u2010positive. The prevalence of\n                    <jats:italic>bla<\/jats:italic>\n                    <jats:sub>SHV<\/jats:sub>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>bla<\/jats:italic>\n                    <jats:sub>PER2<\/jats:sub>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>bla<\/jats:italic>\n                    <jats:sub>TEM<\/jats:sub>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>bla<\/jats:italic>\n                    <jats:sub>CTX-M<\/jats:sub>\n                    , and\n                    <jats:italic>bla<\/jats:italic>\n                    <jats:sub>VEB-1<\/jats:sub>\n                    genes was 78.31%, 59.03%, 40.96%, 30.12%, and 0%, respectively.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    <jats:bold>Conclusions:<\/jats:bold>\n                    The outbreak of bacterial infections is relatively high in hospitals. 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