| AMR | Antimicrobial resistance |
| AST | Antimicrobial susceptibility test |
| ATCC | American Type Culture Collection |
| BA | Blood Agar |
| AZ | Ceftazidime |
| CAC | Ceftazidime plus Clavulanic Acid |
| CDC | Center for Disease Control |
| CEC | Cefotaxime plus Clavulanic Acid |
| CLSI | Clinical Laboratory and Standards Institute |
| CTX-M | Cefotaxime, Munich |
| ESBL | Extended Spectrum β-lactamase |
| kDa | Kilo-Dalton |
| MA | MacConkey Agar |
| MDR | Multidrug resistant |
| MHA | Muller Hinton Agar |
| MIC | Minimum inhibitory concentration |
| MR/VP | Methyl Red/Voges Proskauer |
| OXA | Oxacillin hydrolyzing |
| PCR | Polymerase Chain Reaction |
| PER | Pseudomonas Extended Resistant |
| SPSS | Statistical Package for Social Science |
| SHV | Sulfhydryl Variable |
| SIM | Sulphide, Indole, Motility (Medium) |
| TSI | Triple Sugar Iron |
| TEM | Temocillin hydrolyzing |
| VEB | Vietnamese Extended Spectrum β-lactamases |
| WHO | World Health Organization |