A/E	Attaching and effacing family
APC	Antigen presenting cell
C5a	Complement component 5a
C5aR1	Complement C5a receptor 1
CA-MRSA	Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
CC	Clonal complex
CD	Cluster of differentiation
CFU	Colony forming units
CHIPS	Chemotaxis inhibitory protein of Staphylococcus aureus
coa	Coagulase
dltB	D-alanyl-lipoteichoic acid biosynthesis protein B
DTR	Diphtheria toxin receptor
e.g.,	Exempli gratia
EHSG	Extended-host-spectrum genotypes
ESKAPE	Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Enterobacter spp.
Fnbp	Fibronectin binding protein
GM-CSF	Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor
h	Hours
HA-MRSA	Hospital-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
hC5aR1	Humanized complement C5a receptor 1
hHb	Humanized hemoglobin
HIS	Human immune system
HLA	Human leukocyte antigen
hla	α-hemolysin
hlb	β-hemolysin
HlgCB	γ- hemolysin C/B
hPMN	Human polymorphonuclear leukocytes
i.e.,	Id est
i.n.	Intranasal
i.p.	Intraperitoneal
i.t.	Intratracheal
i.v.	Intravenous
IAV	Influenza A virus
IEC	Immune evasion cluster
IFNγ	Interferon γ
IgG	Immunoglobulin G
IL	Interleukin
IsdB	Iron-regulated surface determinant protein B
KD	Dissociation constant
LA-MRSA	Livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
LukAB	Leukocodin A/B
M	Molar units
MGE	Mobile genetic elements
MHC	Major histocompatibility complex
MISTRG	M-CSFh/h IL-3/GM-CSFh/h SIRPah/h TPOh/h RAG2−/− IL2Rγ−/− mice
MITRG	M-CSFh/h IL-3/GM-CSFh/h TPOh/h RAG2−/− IL2Rγ−/− mice
MLST	Multi-locus sequence typing
MRSA	Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
MSSA	Methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus
N.A.	Not applicable
ND	Not determined
NF-κB	Nuclear factor kappa B
NOD	Nonobese diabetic
NSG	NOD-scid-IL2Rγnull mice
PVL	Panton–Valentine leukocidin
Ref.	Reference
saeR	Staphylococcus aureus exoprotein expression protein R
s.c.	Subcutaneous
SCCmec	Staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec
SEA	Staphylococcal enterotoxin A
SEB	Staphylococcal enterotoxin B
sfb	Segmented filamentous bacteria
spa	Staphylococcal protein A
SP-B	Surfactant protein B
ST	Sequence type
Th1	T helper cell type 1
Th2	T helper cell type 2
TNFα	Tumor necrosis factor α
VRSA	Vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
vwb	Von Willebrand binding protein
WHO	World Health Organization
WTA	Wall teichoic acid
β-GlcNAc	β-N-acetylglucosamine