BC	blood culture
RBT	Rose Bengal test
SAT	standard agglutination test
CF	complement fixation
ELISA	enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
IFA	indirect fluorescent-antibody
TR-FRET	time-resolved fluorescent resonance energy transfer
FPA	fluorescent polarization immunoassay
NAATs	nucleic acid amplification tests
PCR	polymerase chain reaction
PCR-EIA	PCR enzymatic immuno-assay
RT-PCR	real-time PCR
M-RT-PCR	multiplex real-time PCR
Q-RT-PCR	quantitative real-time PCR
LAMP	loop-mediated isothermal amplification
FISH	fluorescence in situ hybridization
WGS	whole genome sequencing