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Article History

Received: 16 February 2026

Accepted: 29 April 2026

First Online: 13 May 2026

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: The authors declare no competing interests.

: Supplementary Table 1: Antimicrobial resistance profiles of the studied Enterococcus isolates identified by the Vitek-2 system ( n  = 120). Supplementary Table 2: Association between CHX and BCC MIC levels and susceptibility to ciprofloxacin, vancomycin, and gentamicin. Supplementary Table 3: Biofilm-forming strength of E. faecalis and E. faecium isolated from different sources.Supplementary Table 4: Frequency distribution of the Efflux-pump genes among E. faecalis and E. faecium isolates. Supplementary Table 5: Association between Chlorhexidine digluconate and Benzalkonium chloride MICs with the presence of efflux-pump Genes. Supplementary Fig. 1: PCR Gel Electrophoresis of the amplified product of emeA , and efrB genes. Supplementary Fig. 2: PCR Gel Electrophoresis of the amplified product of efrA gene.