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. 2025 Aug 20;17(8):1077. doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics17081077
Abbreviation Meaning
CFU Colony-Forming Unit
PFU Plaque-Forming Unit
RH Relative Humidity
Tg Glass Transition Temperature
SEM Scanning Electron Microscopy
SFD Spray Freeze Drying
COPD Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
TEM Transmission Electron Microscopy
TGA Thermogravimetric Analysis
DPI Dry Powder Inhaler
MDR Multidrug Resistance
M. smegmatis Mycobacterium smegmatis
PVA Polyvinyl Alcohol
R-M Restriction–Modification
CF Cystic Fibrosis
PEV Pseudomonas Phage
REases Restriction Endonucleases
CRISPR-Cas Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats
CBASS Cyclic Oligonucleotide-Based Anti-Phage Signaling System
pMDIs Pressurized Metered Dose Inhalers
FPF Fine Particle Fraction
VRF Viable Respirable Fraction
TFF Thin-Film Freezing
PVP Polyvinylpyrrolidone
PLGA Poly(Lactic-Co-Glycolic Acid)
TLR Toll-Like Receptor
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