| ClfA | clumping factor A |
| CTL | cytotoxic T lymphocyte |
| DAMP | Damage-associated molecular pattern |
| DC | dendritic cell |
| ILC | innate lymphoid cell |
| i.v. | intravenous |
| MAIT | mucosa associated invariant T cell |
| MAMP | microbe-associated molecular pattern |
| MDSC | Myeloid derived suppressor cells |
| MHC | major histocompatibility complex |
| NK cell | natural killer cell |
| Sak | staphylokinase |
| SCID | severe combined immune deficiency |
| SCV | Small colony variant |
| SE | Staphylococcal enterotoxin |
| SEl | Staphylococcal enterotoxin-like |
| TCR | T cell receptor |
| TFH | T follicular helper cell |
| TH | T helper cell |
| Treg | regulatory T cell |
| TSST-1 | Toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 |