| Abbreviations | Meaning |
 | DMD | Disseminated Mycobacterial Disease |
 | ABE | Acute Bacterial Endocarditis |
 | TB | Tbilisi [phage]; Terabit [trillion Bits]; Terbium; Tubercle Bacillus; Tuberculosis |
 | PLP | Paenibacillus Larvae Subsp. Pulvifaciens |
 | SBP | Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis |
 | KICB | Killed Intracellular Bacteria |
 | BAP | Bacterial Alkaline Phosphatase |
 | DNTM | Disseminated Nontuberculous Mycobacterial [infection] |
 | EGNB | Enteric Gamma-negative Bacteria |
 | TABC | Total Aerobic Bacteria Count; Typhoid, Paratyphoid A, Paratyphoid B, And Paratyphoid C [vaccine] |
 | BAIT | Bacterial Automated Identification Technique |
 | IWGMT | International Working Group On Mycobacterial Taxonomy |
 | UBA | Undenaturated Bacterial Antigen |
 | NFB | National Foundation For The Blind; Nonfermenting Bacteria |
 | SBIAB | Secondary Bacterial Infection Acute Bronchitis |