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Four hundred and ninety-seven (87.5%) from 568 isolated bacteria were resistant to at least one antibiotic.\n Escherichia coli<\/jats:italic>\n ,\n Staphylococcus<\/jats:italic>\n spp., and\n Pseudomonas<\/jats:italic>\n spp. were the most prevalent bacteria. Isolated bacteria indicated the highest antibiotic resistance to methicillin (76.06%) and ampicillin (89.29%) and also revealed the most sensitivity to imipenem (99.1%) and amikacin (91.57%). 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