| HDP | Host defense peptide |
| AMP | antimicrobial peptide |
| PEG | polyethene glycol |
| SNAPPs | structurally nanoengineered antimicrobial peptide polymers |
| C. difficle | Clostridium difficile |
| RBCs | red blood cells |
| MRSA | methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus |
| VRE | vancomycin-resistant Enterococci |
| ESKAPE | Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumonia, Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Enterobacter species |
| MIC | minimal inhibitory concentration |
| MCP-1 | Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 |
| IL-1β | Interleukin 1 Beta |
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