| AK | Amikacin |
| ATCC | American Type Culture Collection |
| ATM | Aztreonam |
| CAZ | Ceftazidime |
| CH-PGPE | Chitosan-coated Punica granatum peel extract |
| CIP | Ciprofloxacin |
| CLSI | Clinical and Laboratory Standard Institute |
| CTX | Cefotaxime |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic acid |
| EGCG | Epigallocatechin gallate |
| E | Erythromycin |
| FEP | Cefepime |
| FOX | Cefoxitin |
| HPLC | High Performance Liquid Chromatography |
| I | Intermediate |
| IPM | Imipenem |
| LEV | Levofloxacin |
| LZD | Linezolid |
| MDR | Multidrug-resistant |
| MEM | Meropenem |
| MHA | Mueller–Hinton agar |
| MHB | Mueller–Hinton broth |
| MIC | Minimum Inhibitory Concentration |
| MRSA | Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus |
| MSSA | Methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus |
| MXF | Moxifloxacin |
| P | Penicillin |
| PGPE | Punica granatum peel extract |
| PRL | Piperacillin |
| R | Resistant |
| S | Susceptible |
| SXT | Sulphamethoxazole/trimethoprim |
| TZP | Tazobactam/piperacillin |
| VA | Vancomycin |
| WHO | World Health Organization |