| PVL | Panton-Valentine leucocidin |
| MRSA | methicillin-resistant S. aureus |
| MSSA | methicillin-sensitive S. aureus |
| CLSI | Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute |
| PCR | Polymerase chain reaction |
| TSB | Trypticase soy broth |
| MDR | Multidrug resistance |
| SEs | Staphylococcal enterotoxin genes |
| bp | Base pairs |
| TSST-1 | Toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 |
| VRSA | Vancomycin-resistant S. aureus strains |
| SFP | Staphylococcal food poisoning |
| CIP | Ciprofloxacin |
| E | Erythromycin |
| CN | Gentamicin |
| P | Penicillin |
| CL | Clindamycin |
| OX | Oxacillin |
| SAM | Ampicillin-sulbactam |
| C | Chloramphenicol |
| SXT | Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole |
| VA | Vancomycin Appendix A |
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