| 3D | Three-dimensional |
| ALS | Agglutinin Like Sequence |
| BCR1 | Biofilm and Cell-wall Regulator 1 |
| BHI | Brain Heart Infusion |
| CDC | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| CDR | Candida drug resistance |
| CFU | Colony Forming Units |
| CO2 | Carbon dioxide |
| CRBSI | Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections |
| CV | Crystal violet |
| DMEM | Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle Medium |
| DMSO | Dimethyl sulfoxide |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic acid |
| DPBS | Dulbecco’s Phosphate-Buffered Saline |
| eDNA | Extracellular DNA |
| DFS | Dynamic flow systems |
| EAP | Enhanced Adherence to Polystyrene |
| ECM | Extracellular matrix |
| EFG1 | Enhanced Filamentous Growth 1 |
| EPA | Environmental Protection Agency (US) |
| FBS | Fetal bovine serum |
| HWP1 | Hyphal Wall Protein 1 |
| ICU | Intensive Care Unit |
| IVIS | In Vivo Imaging System |
| LB | Luria–Bertani |
| MBEC | Minimum biofilm eradicating concentration |
| McF | McFarland standard unit |
| MIC | Minimum Inhibitory Concentration |
| NAC | Non-albicans Candida |
| NRG1 | Negative Regulator of Growth 1 |
| OD | Optical Density |
| OPC | Oropharyngeal candidiasis |
| PCR | Polymerase Chain Reaction |
| PEG | Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (tubo/sonda) |
| PE | Polyethylene |
| PenStrep | Penicllin Streptomycin solution |
| PCL | Polycaprolactone |
| PLA | Polylactic acid |
| PLLA | Poly L lactic acid |
| PP | Polypropylene |
| PS | Polystyrene |
| PU | Polyurethane |
| RH | Relative humidity |
| rpm | Rounds per minute |
| RPMI | Roswell Park Memorial Institute |
| RVVC | Recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis |
| SEM | Scanning electron microscopy |
| spp. | Species |
| TCA | Tricarboxylic acid (cycle) |
| TSB | Tryptic Soy Broth |
| US | United States |
| VVC | Vulvovaginal candidiasis |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| YPD | Yeast extract–Peptone–Dextrose |