BAL	Bronchoalveolar Lavage
CAP	Community-acquired Pneumonia
CBI	Chronic Bronchial Infection
COPD	Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
DRA	Disulfide-reducing Agent
DTT	Dithiothreitol
GFP	Green Fluorescent Protein
HAP	Hospital-acquired Pneumonia
HQQ	2-heptyl-4-hydroxyquinoline
HspX	Heat Shock Protein X
ICU	Intensive Care Unit
LAMP	Loop-mediated Isothermal Amplification
LAMP-LFB	Loop-mediated isothermal Amplification combined with a label-based Lateral Flow Biosensor
LC-MS/MS	Liquid Chromatography coupled to Mass Spectrometry
LFB	Lateral Flow Biosensors
LFIAs	Lateral Flow Immunoassays
LOD	Limit of Detection
LOQ	Limit of Quantification
LRTIs	Lower Respiratory Tract Infections
MCDA	Multiple Cross Displacement Amplification
MCDA-LFB	Multiple Cross Displacement Amplification combined with a label-based Lateral Flow Biosensor
mLAMP-LFIA	Multiplex Loop-mediated Isothermal Amplification combined with a label-based Lateral Flow Immuno-Assay biosensor
NAAT	Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests
NAC	N-acetyl Cysteine
NS	Not State
PCR	Polymerase Chain Reaction
PL	Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes
PQS	2-heptyl-3-hydroxy-4-quinolone
PYO	Pyocyanin
QS	Quorum Sensing
RSV	Respiratory Syncytial Virus
SEC	Squamous Epithelial Cells
SPR	Surface Plasmon Resonance
VAP	Ventilator-associated Pneumonia