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AMR Vocabulary

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Term Definition
VAP

Ventilator-associated pneumonia

VC

Venture Capitalist

VetReg

Veterinary Prescription Register

vHABP

Ventilated hospital-acquired bacterial pneumonia

VMP

Veterinary medicinal product

VRE

Vancomycin-resistant enterococci

WASH

water, sanitation, and hygiene

WBA

Whole blood activity

WBC

White blood cell

WGS

Whole genome sequence

WHO

World Health Organization

WT

Wild type

XDR

(eXtensive Drug Resistance): non-susceptibility to at least one agent in all but two or fewer antimicrobial categories (i.e., bacterial isolates remain susceptible to only one or two categories).