A260/A280 ratio	absorbance ratio 260 nm/280 nm
BE	EchoLUTION Buccal Swab DNA Kit, BioEcho
BV	EchoLUTION Viral RNA/DNA Swab Kit Plus, BioEcho
bla	beta-lactamase/β-lactamase
CFU	colony-forming unit(s)
CIM	carbapenem inactivation method
CRE	carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales
Ct	cycle threshold
Ctr	raw cycle threshold
IMP	imipenem-hydrolyzing metallo-β-lactamase
khe	K. pneumoniae hemolysin
KPC	K. pneumoniae carbapenemase
K. pneumoniae	Klebsiella pneumoniae
LAMP	loop-mediated isothermal amplification
LOD	limit of detection
MRGN	multi-resistant Gram-negative
NAAT	Nucleic acid amplification test
NDM	New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase
NRZ	National Reference Centre for multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria, Germany
NS	NucleoSpin DNA Stool kit, Macherey-Nagel
NTC	non-template control
OD600	optical density 600 nm
OXA	oxacillinase β-lactamase
PCR	polymerase chain reaction
QE	Quick Extract solution, Lucigen
qPCR	quantitative polymerase chain reaction
QS	QIAamp Fast DNA Stool Mini kit, Qiagen
RFU	relative fluorescence unit(s)
RPA	recombinase polymerase amplification
rpm	revolutions per minute
SD	standard deviation
TL-P	thermal lysis PCR, direct PCR
TL-T	thermal lysis thermoblock
UV/VIS	ultraviolet/visible
ve	elution/extraction volume
VIM	verona integron-encoded metallo-β-lactamase
vs	sample volume