ICARE Intensive care antimicrobial resistance epidemiology
IDSA The Infectious Diseases Society of America
IFPRI International Food Policy Research Institute
ISRAR International surveillance of reservoirs of antibiotic resistance
LAB Lactic acid bacteria
LTCF Long-term care facility
MDR Multidrug resistance
MDR-TB Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
MDRGN Multidrug-resistant gram-negative organism
MNP Metal nanoparticle
MRSA Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
MSSA Methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus
NARMS National antimicrobial resistance monitoring system
NICU Neonatal intensive care unit
OCP Organochlorine pesticide
PAT Pulsed antibiotic treatment
PCR Polymerase chain reaction
PhAC Pharmaceutically active compound
SARS Severe acute respiratory syndrome
SSAR Sewage sludge antibiotic residue
STP Sewage treatment plant
UBA German Federal Agency
UK United Kingdom
VLBW Very low birth weight
VRE Vancomycin-resistant Enterococci