AFM-IR	Atomic Force Microscopy-Infrared Spectroscopy
AMR	Antimicrobial Resistance
ANN	Artificial Neural Networks
ARG	Antimicrobial Resistance Gene
AST	Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing
CLSI	Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute
EFSA	European Food Safety Authority
ESBL	Extended-spectrum β-lactamase
EU	European Union
EUCAST	European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing
FDA	Food and Drug Administration
FTIR	Fourier Transform Infrared
FT-RIFS	Fourier Transform Reflectometric Interference Spectroscopy
GMO	Genetically Modified Organism
HAD	Helicase-Dependent Amplification
HT-qPCR	High Throughput Quantitative PCR
IR	Infrared
IVD	in vitro Diagnostic
KPC	Klebsiella pneumoniae Carbapenemase
LAMP	Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification
LoC	Lab-on-a-Chip
LoD	limit of detection
MALDI-TOF MS	Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-Of-Flight Mass Spectrometry
MCA	Morphokinetic Cellular Analysis
MDR	Multidrug-Resistant
MIC	Minimum Inhibitory Concentration
MLST	multi-locus sequence typing
MRSA	methicillin resistant S. aureus
MSSA	methicillin susceptible S. aureus
MZO	Magnesium Zinc Oxide
NAAT	Nucleic Acid Amplification Technology
NASBA	Nucleic Acid Sequence-Based Amplification
NGS	Next-Generation Sequencing
PCR	Polymerase Chain Reaction
PMF	Peptide Mass Fingerprint
POC	Point-of-Care
QCM	Quartz-Crystal Microbalance
RAA	Residual Antimicrobial Activity
RCA	Rolling Circle Amplification
RDT	Rapid Diagnostic Test
RPA	Recombinase Polymerase Amplification
SDA	Strand Displacement Amplification
SERS	Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
TAT	Turnaround Time
TMA	Transcription Mediated Amplification
UTI	Urinary Tract Infection
WGS	Whole Genomic Sequencing
WHO	World Health Organization
WMS	Whole Metagenome Sequencing