| Abbreviation | Definition |
| AMR | Antimicrobial Resistance |
| MDR | Multidrug Resistance |
| AST | Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing |
| CLSI | Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute |
| EUCAST | European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing |
| SSA | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| E. coli | Escherichia coli |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| WOAH | World Organization for Animal Health (formerly OIE) |
| GLASS | Global Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System |
| AMRSNET | Africa Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Network |
| LMICs | Low- and Middle-Income Countries |
| PICOTS | Population, Intervention, Comparator, Outcome, Timeframe, and Setting |
| PRISMA | Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses |
| PROSPERO | International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews |
| Q | Cochran’s Heterogeneity Statistic |
| I2 | I-squared (Measure of Statistical Heterogeneity) |
| CI | Confidence Interval |
| Β | Regression Coefficient |
| One Health | Integrated Approach Linking Human, Animal, and Environmental Health |