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The dataset included 438 cultures from 416 patients and 647 bacterial isolates, and 196 MDR bacteria yielded from 182 samples. The hospital multidrug resistance prevalence was 42% among cultures and 30% among bacterial isolates. The highest multidrug resistance prevalence by service included Primary Care with 68%, Neurology with 62%, Dermatology with 49%, and Surgery with 44%. The MDR bacteria prevalence for superficial surgical site infections was 34%, pyodermas 33%, wounds 30%, masses 28%, and abscesses 13%. Dermatology cultured 72 of 196 (37%) MDR bacteria, Surgery 48 (24%), Emergency and Critical Care 27 (14%), Urgent Care 18 (9%), Primary Care 14 (7%), Neurology eight (4%), Internal Medicine six (3%), and Oncology three (2%).\n                    <jats:italic>Staphylococcus pseudintermedius<\/jats:italic>\n                    was the most common MDR bacteria. 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