| ARG | antimicrobial resistance gene |
| BHI | Brain Heart Infusion |
| BV-BRC- | Bacterial and Viral Bioinformatics Resource Center |
| CARD | Comprehensive Antibiotic Resistance Database |
| CLSI | Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute |
| ECOFF | epidemiological cut-off value |
| EUCAST | European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing |
| MDR | multidrug-resistant |
| MIC | minimal inhibitory concentration |
| PCR | polymerase chain reaction |
| RGI | Resistance Gene Identifier |
| SNP | single-nucleotide polymorphism |