| BAL | Bronchoalveolar lavage |
| BCID2 | BIOFIRE® Blood Culture Identification 2 |
| CSF | Cerebrospinal fluid |
| CGMP | Good manufacturing practice |
| CVC | Central venous catheter |
| FDA | Food and Drug Administration |
| FTIR | Fourier-transform infrared |
| ITS | Internal transcribed spacer |
| IV | Intravenous |
| IVH | Intraventricular hemorrhage |
| MALDI-TOF MS | Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry |
| MIC | Minimum inhibitory concentration |
| NICUs | Neonatal intensive care units |
| SIMV | Synchronized intermittent mandatory ventilation |
| TPN | Total parenteral nutrition |
| WGS | Whole-genome sequencing |