| AMD | antimicrobial drugs |
| AMR | antimicrobial resistance |
| CoNS | coagulase-negative staphylococci |
| CoPS | coagulase-positive staphylococci |
| MALDI-TOF | matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight |
| MDR | multidrug-resistant |
| MIC | minimum inhibitory concentration |
| MR | methicillin-resistant |
| MRSA | methicillin-resistant S. aureus |
| MRSP | methicillin-resistant S. pseudintermedius |
| MSS | methicillin-sensitive staphylococci |
| Phen-MRSA | phenotypically methicillin-resistant S. aureus |
| Phen-MRSP | phenotypically methicillin-resistant S. pseudintermedius |