| 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 |