| AMR | Antimicrobial Resistance |
| MDRO | Multidrug-Resistant Organism |
| MRSA | Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus |
| CRE | Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae |
| ESBL | Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase |
| VRE | Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci |
| NDM | New Delhi Metallo-β-lactamase |
| MCR | Mobilized Colistin Resistance |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| CDC | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| ECDC | European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control |
| GLASS | Global Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System |
| ICU | Intensive Care Unit |
| NGS | Next-Generation Sequencing |
| EHR | Electronic Health Records |
| OTC | Over The Counter |
| AST | Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing |
| CRISPR | Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats |
| AI | Artificial Intelligence |
| MDPI | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute |
| DOAJ | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| TLA | Three-Letter Acronym |
| LD | Linear Dichroism |
| DALY | Disability-Adjusted Life Year |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| LMIC | Low- and Middle-Income Countries |
| USD | United States Dollar |