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. 2025 Nov 20;14(11):1168. doi: 10.3390/antibiotics14111168
ABR Antibiotic Resistance
AST Antibiotic Susceptibility Test(ing)
BIT Breakpoint Implementation Toolkit
BMD Broth Microdilution
CA Categorical Agreement
CDC United States Centers for Disease Control
CFU Colony Forming Unit
CLSI Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute
DALY Disability Adjusted Life Years
DD Disk Diffusion
EA Essential Agreement
FDA United States Food and Drug Administration
MD Major Discrepancy
mD Minor Discrepancy
ME Major Error
mE Minor Error
MIC Minimum Inhibitory Concentration
M-PCR Multiplex-Polymerase Chain Reaction
N/A Not Applicable
P-AST Pooled Antibiotic Susceptibility Test(ing)
STIC Susceptibility Test Interpretive Criteria
SUC Standard Urine Culture
UTI Urinary Tract Infection
VMD Very Major Discrepancy
VME Very Major Error