| MRSA | methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus |
| AS | antibiotic stewardship |
| AMR | antimicrobial resistance |
| NDM | Delhi Metallo |
| SA | S. aureus |
| VISA | vancomycin-intermediate S. aureus |
| h-VISA | heterogeneous VISA |
| VRSA | vancomycin-resistant S. aureus |
| NSA | narrow-spectrum antibiotics |
| MAD NAAT | multiplexable autonomous disposable nucleic acid amplification tests |
| Hla | a-hemolysin |
| PVL | Panton-Valentine leukocidin |
| PSM | phenol-soluble modulin |
| EV | extracellular vesicles |
| OMVs | outer membrane vesicles |
| PAMPs | pathogen-associated molecular patterns |
| LPS | lipopolysaccharide |
| LukED | leukotoxin ED |
| SelX | staphylococcal enterotoxin-like toxin X |
| PTT | photodynamic therapies |
| HA-MRSA | hospital-acquired MRSA |
| CA-MRSA | community-acquired MRSA |