| CRAb | Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii |
| MDR | Multidrug-resistant |
| qPCR | Quantitative real-time PCR |
| ANI | Average Nucleotide Identity |
| MALDI-TOF MS | Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry |
| NCBI | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
| STs | Sequence Types |
| CARD | Comprehensive Antibiotic Resistance Database |
| RPA | Recombinase polymerase amplification |
| LC-MS/MS | Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry |