| ICU | Intensive Care Unit |
| CF | Cystic Fibrosis |
| CDC | Centers for Disease Control |
| BSIs | Bloodstream Infections |
| CVC | Central Venous Catheter |
| SSIs | Surgical Site Infections |
| MHA | Mueller-Hinton Agar |
| TSB | Trypticase Soy Broth |
| PBS | Phosphate-Buffered Saline |
| OD492 | Optical Density at 492 nm wavelength |
| OD600 | Optical Density at 600 nm wavelength |
| PFGE | Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis |
| LPS | Lipopolysaccharide |
| EPS | Extracellular Polymeric Substance |
| WGS | Whole-Genome Sequencing |
| MLST | Multi Locus Sequence Typing |
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