| AMR | Antimicrobial Resistant |
| MDR | Multidrug Resistance |
| AME | Aminoglycoside modifying enzyme |
| Qnr | Quinolone resistance |
| ANT | Aminoglycoside O-nuclotidyltransferase |
| APH | Aminoglycoside O-phosphotransferase |
| IZSLER | Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Emilia-Romagna e Lombardia |
| BPW | Buffered Peptone Water |
| TBX | Triptone bile-X-gluc |
| TSA | Tryptic soy agar |
| CIPR | Ciprofloxacin |
| NAL | Nalidixic Acid |
| MERO | Meropenem |
| AMI | Amikacin |
| PMQR | Plasmid-Mediated Quinolones Resistances |