AMR Vocabulary
| 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). |