| Abbreviations | Meaning |
 | MOTT | Medical Observation Type Table; Mycobacteria Other Than Tuberculosis |
 | HBCG | Heat-aggregated Calmette-Guerin Bacillus |
 | EGNB | Enteric Gamma-negative Bacteria |
 | F+ | A Bacterial Cell Having An F Plasmid |
 | L-[FORM] | A Defective Bacterial Variant That Can Multiply On Hypertonic Medium |
 | BEC | Bacterial Endocarditis |
 | MGIT | Mycobacterial Growth Indicator Tube |
 | TB | Tubercle Bacillus |
 | GBIA | Guthrie Bacterial Inhibition Assay |
 | IBC | Incidence Of Bacteria-carrier |
 | GIBF | Gastrointestinal Bacterial Flora |
 | ABE | Acute Bacterial Endocarditis; American Board Of Endodontics; Botulism Equine Trivalent Antitoxin |
 | TABC | Total Aerobic Bacteria Count; Typhoid, Paratyphoid A, Paratyphoid B, And Paratyphoid C [vaccine] |
 | NBS | No Bacteria Seen |
 | SBP | Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis |