LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
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AAD Antibiotic Associated Diarrhea
ABLC Amphotericin B Lipid Complex
ABRS Acute Bacterial Rhinosinusitis
ABU Asymptomatic Bacteriuria
ADR Adverse Drug Reaction
AIDS Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
AMR Antimicrobial Resistance
AMS Antimicrobial Stewardship
AMSP Antimicrobial Stewardship Programmes
AOM Acute Otitis Media
ARDS Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
ARF Acute Rheumatic Fever
ARHAI Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare Associated Infection
ART Antiretroviral Therapy
ARV Antiretroviral
ASHP American Society of Hospital Pharmacists
BPM Beats per Minute
BSI Blood Stream Infection
BUN Blood Urea Nitrogen
CA Community Acquired
CS Culture Sensitivity
CA-MRSA (Community Acquired-) Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
CAP Community Acquired Pneumonia
CBA Colistin Base Activity
CBC Complete Blood Count
CDAD, CDI Clostridioides difficile Associated Diarrhea, Clostridioides difficile Infection
CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CGA Corrected Gestational Age
CHD Congenital Heart Disease
CISNE Clinical Index of Stable Febrile Neutropenia
CMV Cytomegalovirus
CNE Culture-negative Endocarditis
CNS Central Nervous System
CoNS Coagulase- negative Staphylococci
COPD Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
COVID-19 Coronavirus Disease 2019
CPT Cotrimoxazole Prevention Therapy
CRAB Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii
CSF Cerebrospinal Fluid
CT Chlamydia trachomatis
DAT Diphtheria Antitoxin
DFA Direct Fluorescence Antibody
DILI Drug-Induced Liver Injury
DITP Drug-Induced Immune Thrombocytopenia
DOTS Directly Observed Treatment Short-course
DRESS Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms
DRSP Drug-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae
DRTB Drug Resistant Tuberculosis
DST Drug Sensitivity Test
DTG Dolutegravir
ECOG Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group
EML Essential Medicine List
ESBL Extended Spectrum Beta-Lactamase
ESC European Society of Cardiology
FDC Fixed Dose Combination
FFA Fundus Fluorescein Angiography
FQ Fluoroquinolone
GABHS Group B Beta Hemolytic Streptococcus
GBS Group B Streptococcus
GFR Glomerular Filtration Rate
GI Gastrointestinal
GNR Gram-negative Bacilli/rod
GOLD Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease
HAP Hospital Acquired Pneumonia
HDU High Dependency Unit
HFMD Hand Foot and Mouth Disease
HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus
HLAR High Level Aminoglycoside-Resistant
HSV Herpes Simplex Virus
HSV-1 Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1
HSV-2 Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2
HZV Herpes Zoster Virus
IAI Intra Abdominal Infections
IAP Intra-partum Antibiotic Prophylaxis
ICU Intensive Care Unit
ID Infectious Diseases
IDSA Infectious Diseases Society of America
IE Infective Endocarditis
IPT Isoniazid Preventive Therapy
IV Intra Venous
IVDU Intra Venous Drug User
IVIG Intravenous Immunoglobulin
LP Lumbar Puncture
LSCS Lower Segment Caesarean Section
MAC Mycobacterium Avium Complex
MASCC Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer
MCUG Micturating Cystourethrogram
MDR Multi-Drug Resistant
MDRO Multidrug Resistant Organisms
MIC Minimum Inhibitory Concentration
MU Million International Units
MoHP Ministry of Health and Population
MRSA Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
MSM Men Who Have Sex with Men
MSSA Methicillin-Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus
NEC Necrotizing Enterocolitis
NG Neisseria gonorrhoeae
NHS National Health Services
NICE National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
NIH National Institutes of Health
NLEM National List of Essential Medicines
NVE Native Valve Endocarditis
OI Opportunistic Infections
OM Osteomyelitis
PAS Periodic Acid Schiff
PCNL Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy
PJP/PCP Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia/ Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia
PCR Polymerase Chain Reaction
PDR Pretreatment Drug Resistance
PEG Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy
PEJ Percutaneous EndoscopiC Jejunostomy
PEP Post Exposure Prophylaxis
PI Protease Inhibitor
PLHIV People Living with HIV
PML Progressive Multifocal Leucoencephalopathy
PNA Postnatal Age
PO Per os (Orally)
PPI Proton Pump Inhibitors
PPROM Preterm Premature Rupture of Membranes
RADT Rapid Antigen Detection test
RIRS Retrograde Intrarenal Surgery
SA Septic Arthritis
SEM Skin Eye and Mouth
SHEA Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America
SIRS Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome
SJS Stevens-Johnson Syndrome
SSI Surgical Site Infections
SSSS Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome
SSTI Skin and Soft Tissue Infections
STSS Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome
TaP Tetanus acellular Pertussis
TEN Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis
TG Transgender
TMP Trimethoprim
TURP Transurethral Resection of the Prostate
UTI Urinary Tract Infection
URS Ureteroscopy
VAP Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
VISA Vancomycin Intermediate Staphylococcus aureus
VRE Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus
VRSA Vancomycin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
VZIG Varicella Zoster Immune Globulin
VZV Varicella-Zoster Virus
WHO World Health Organization