ADAM	A disintegrin and metalloprotease
ADAMTS13	A disintegrin and metalloprotease with thrombospondin type 1 repeats
Agr	Accessory Gene Regulatory System
Atl	autolysin
CHD	congenital heart disease
CIED	cardiac implantable electronic devices
Clf	cell-bound clumping factor
Coa	coagulase
CoNS	coagulase negative
EC	endothelial cell
Efb1	extracellular fibrinogen binding protein
EPS	extracellular polymeric substances
ESAT-6	Early Secreted Antigenic Target 6 kDa
Fg	fibrinogen
Fnb	fibronectin binding protein
HIV	immunodeficiency virus
Hla	human leukocyte antigen
Hsc70	Heat shock cognate
Hsp60	Heat shock protein
KC	keratinocyte
ICAM	Inter Cellular Adhesion Molecule
IE	Infective endocarditis
IL	interleukine
LAVD	left ventricular assist device
LC3-II	light chain 3 type II
Luk	leukotoxins
MntC	manganese transport protein C
MSCRAMM	microbial surface components recognizing adhesive matrix molecules
NK	natural killers
NLR	Nod-Like receptor
NLRP3	NOD-like receptor family pyrin domain-containing 3
PMN	polymorphonuclear
PVL	proviral load
PWID	persons who inject drugs
S aureus	Staphylococcus aureus
SpA	Staphylococcal Protein A
SdrD	Serine Aspartate repeat containing protein D
TLR	Toll-like receptor
TNF	tumor necrosis factor
TNFR1	tumor necrosis factor receptor 1.
TSS-1	Toxic Shock Syndrome-1
ULVWF	Ultra Large vWF
United States	US
vWbp	von Willebrand factor-binding protein
vWF	von Willebrand factor
VCAM	vascular cell adhesion molecule