ACME	Arginine Catabolic Mobile Element
CA	community-associated
CC	clonal complex
CDC	Centers for Disease Prevention and Control
CLSI	Clinical and Laboratories Standard Institute
cMLSB	constitutive macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin B
ECDC	European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
EUCAST	European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing
GP	Gribbles Pathology Ipoh
HA	hospital-associated
HKL	Hospital Kuala Lumpur
HRPB	Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun
HSNZ	Hospital Sultanah Nur Zahirah
hVISA	heterogeneous vancomycin-intermediate S. aureus
HUSM	Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia
iMLSB	inducible macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin B
IMR	Institute for Medical Research
KPJ	KPJ Ipoh Specialist Hospital
LA	livestock-associated
MIC	minimum inhibition concentration
MLSB	macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin B
MRSA	methicillin-resistance S. aureus
MS	macrolides streptogramin
MSSA	methicillin-susceptible S. aureus
MLST	multilocus sequence typing
MyOHAR	Malaysian One Health Antimicrobial Resistance
NSAR	National Surveillance on Antimicrobial Resistance
PBP 2a	penicillin binding protein 2a
PVL	panton-valentine leucocidin
SCCmec	staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec
ST	sequence type
UKMMC	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre
UMMC	University of Malaya Medical Centre
VISA	vancomycin-intermediate S. aureus
VRSA	vancomycin-resistant S. aureus
WGS	whole genome sequencing
WHO	World Health Organization