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List of Acronyms Most Commonly Used in Microbiology

There is a list of acronyms that will help you in the field of Microbiology and related subjects directly or indirectly. They are fascinated by alphabetical words as shown below.

µg                    Microgram

µl                      Microliter

A/A                  Acid/ Acid

AIDS               Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

ASM                 American Society for Microbiology

AST                  Antibiotics Susceptibility Testing

ATCC               American Type Culture Collection

BAL                   Bronchoalveolar Lavage

BAP                   5 % Sheep Blood Agar Plate

Bcc                    Burkholderia cepacia complex

BSL                   Biosafety Level

CAPD              Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis

CAZ                   Ceftazidime

CD                     Combination Disk

CDC                 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CDC                   Centre for Disease Control and Prevention

CFU                  Colony Forming Unit

CHOC              Chocolate Agar

CLSI                   Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute

CMB                 Cooked Meat Broth

COM                 Chronic Otitis Media

CoNS                Coagulase Negative Staphylococci

CRBSI             Catheter-Related Blood Stream infection

CRO                 Carbapenem-Resistant Organisms

CSF                 Cerebrospinal fluid

CSOM               Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media

CTA                Cystine Trypticase Agar

CTX                  Cefotaxime

CTZ                  Ceftazidime

DD                 Double disk

DS                 Double Strength

EDS              EDTA Disk Synergy

D/W                 Distilled Water

DDST               Double Disk Synergy Test

DM                  Diabetes Mellitus

DNA                 Deoxy Ribonucleic Acid

e.g.                  Example

EDTA                 Ethylenediaminetetraacetate, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid

ESBL                Extended Spectrum Beta- Lactamase

Fig.                  Figure

EIA                  Enzyme immunoassay

ELISA              Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay

EMB               Eosin-methylene blue

EPCM             Essential Procedures for Clinical Microbiology

ETA                  Endotracheal Aspirate

Gm                   Gram

GLC                Gas-liquid chromatography

H₂S                  Hydrogen Sulphide

HLAR High-Level Aminoglycoside Resistance

 HTS                Hemophilus Test Medium

Hrs.                  Hours

I                       Intermediate

ICU                  Intensive care unit

 iMLS_B             Inducible Macrolide Lincosamide and Streptogramin B

IOM                 Institute of Medicine

JCAHO           Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

K/A                  Alkaline/ Acid

KOH                 Potassium Hydroxide

KPC                  Klebsiella pneumoniae Carbapenemase

LPCB                Lacto phenol Cotton Blue

LPF                   low power field

MAC                MacConkey Agar

MBC               Minimum Bactericidal Concentration

MBL                 Metallo- Beta- Lactamases

MDR                Multi Drug-Resistant

MHA                Mueller Hinton agar

MIC                 Minimum inhibitory concentration

ml                    Milliliter

mm                  Millimeter

MR/VP             Methyl red/ Voges Proskauer

MRSA              Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

MSSA               Methicillin Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus

NA                   Nutrient Agar

NB                Nutrient broth

NAD           Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide

NADH       Reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide

NADP        Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate

NBS              National Bureau of Standards (pertaining to a specially calibrated thermometer)

NCCLS       National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards

NIH              National Institutes of Health

NLF             Non- Lactose Fermentation

No.                Number

OF                    Oxidative -Fermentation  Test

OLB                Open Lung Biopsy

ONPG              Ortho Nitrophenyl β-D galactopyranoside

ORSA              Oxacillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

OSHA              Occupational Safety and Health Administration

OXA                 Oxacillinase

PCN         Percutaneous Nephrostomy

PCR         Polymerase Chain Reaction

PDA         Phenylalanine Deaminase

PDR          Pan Drug Resistance

PFU          Plaque-forming unit(s)

PMNs        Polymorphonuclear Neutrophils

PPA            Phenylpyruvic Acid

PPE           Personal Protective Equipment

QA           Quality assurance

QC           Quality Control

RBCs        Red blood cells or erythrocytes

RNA          Ribonucleic acid

RCM           Robertson Cooked Meat

S                 Sensitive

SBP            Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis

SDA                  Sabauroud Dextrose Agar

SEC                 Squamous Epithelial Cells

SIM                  Sulphide Indole Motility

SPS                  Sodium polyanethol Sulfonate

SPSS                 Statistical Package for Social Science

STI                   Soft Tissue Infection

TCBS              Thiosulfate Citrate Bile Salt Sucrose Agar

THIO              Thioglycolate broth

TSA               Trypticase soy agar or tryptic soy agar

TSB               Trypticase Soy Broth

TSBA            Trypticase Soy Blood Agar

TSI                   Triple Sugar Iron

UTI                 Urinary Tract Infection

VP                    Voges Proskauer

VRE                  Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus

VRSA                Vancomycin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

WBCs            White blood cells or leukocytes

WHO               World Health Organization

XDR                 Extensively Drug Resistance

ZOI                  Zone of inhibition

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