| ICU | Intensive Care Unit |
| WGS | Whole-genome sequencing |
| CRAB | Carbapenem- resistant Acinetobacter baumannii |
| MLST | Multi-locus sequence typing |
| XDR | Exstensively drug-resistant |
| PDR | Pandrug- resistant |
| HAI | Healthcare-associated infection |
| WHO | World Health Organisation |
| OXA | Oxacillinase |
| LRTI | Lower respiratory tract infection |
| IC2 | International Clone 2 |
| EUCAST | European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing |
| CLSI | Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute |
| NCBI | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
| ST | Sequence Type |
| IS | Insertion sequence |