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The isolates that harbored the genes <jats:italic>lacIII<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>fbsA<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>hylB<\/jats:italic>, and <jats:italic>cfb<\/jats:italic> exhibited the high prevalence (99.29%), followed by isolates that harbored <jats:italic>lac<\/jats:italic>I (98.57%), <jats:italic>bibA<\/jats:italic> (97.86%), <jats:italic>cylE<\/jats:italic> (97.14%), <jats:italic>lac<\/jats:italic>II (92.14%), <jats:italic>cspA<\/jats:italic> (52.14%), <jats:italic>pavA<\/jats:italic> (25%), <jats:italic>bca<\/jats:italic> (2.14%), and <jats:italic>scpB<\/jats:italic> (0.71%). The <jats:italic>fbsB<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>lmb<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>spbI<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>bac<\/jats:italic>, and <jats:italic>rib<\/jats:italic> genes were not detected. The virulence patterns of B (<jats:italic>fbsA<\/jats:italic>_<jats:italic>cfb<\/jats:italic>_<jats:italic>cylE<\/jats:italic>_ <jats:italic>hylB<\/jats:italic>_<jats:italic>bibA<\/jats:italic>_<jats:italic>cspA<\/jats:italic>_ <jats:italic>gapC<\/jats:italic>_<jats:italic>dltA<\/jats:italic>_<jats:italic>lacIII\/IV<\/jats:italic>) and C (<jats:italic>fbsA<\/jats:italic>_<jats:italic>cfb<\/jats:italic>_ <jats:italic>bibA<\/jats:italic> _ <jats:italic>gapC<\/jats:italic>_ <jats:italic>dltA<\/jats:italic>_<jats:italic>lacIV<\/jats:italic>) were dominant, accounting for 97.86% of the isolates. The following AMR genes were prevalent: <jats:italic>pbp1A<\/jats:italic> (97.14%), <jats:italic>tet<\/jats:italic>(M) (95.00%), <jats:italic>lnu<\/jats:italic> (A) (80.71%), <jats:italic>erm<\/jats:italic> (B) (75.00%), <jats:italic>tet<\/jats:italic>(O) (72.14%), <jats:italic>blaZ<\/jats:italic> (49.29%), <jats:italic>tet<\/jats:italic>(S) (29.29%), <jats:italic>blaTEM<\/jats:italic> (25.71%), <jats:italic>erm<\/jats:italic> (A) (17.14%), <jats:italic>erm<\/jats:italic> (C) (13.57%), <jats:italic>tet<\/jats:italic> (L) (10.71%), <jats:italic>linB<\/jats:italic> (2.86%), and <jats:italic>erm<\/jats:italic> (TR) (2.86%). The <jats:italic>pbp2b<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>mecA1<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>mecC<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>lnu<\/jats:italic> (D), <jats:italic>erm<\/jats:italic> (F\/G\/Q), and <jats:italic>mef<\/jats:italic> (A) genes were not detected. Eighty percent of the isolates harbored AMR genes and were highly resistant to tetracycline, followed by macrolides (10.71%), lincosamides (9.29%) and \u03b2-lactams (4.29%). 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