Abbreviations
AMED
AMU
AMR
AMRCRC
AUD
BP
CDI
CLSI
CRE
DID
DDD(s)
DOT
EUCAST
FAMIC
FAO
GLASS
HAI
ICU
JAMUS
JANIS
J-SIPHE
JVARM
MIC
MDRA
MDRP
MRSA
MSSA
NDB
NESID
OIE
PPCPs
PRSP
RICSS
SSI
WHO
VRE
VRSA
DALY(s)
PPS

Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development
Antimicrobial Use
Antimicrobial Resistance
Antimicrobial Resistance Clinical Reference Center
Antimicrobial Use Density
Break Point
Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile Infection
Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute
Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae
Defined Daily Dose per 1000 Inhabitants per Day
Defined Daily Dose(s)
Days of Therapy
European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing
Food and Agricultural Materials Inspection Center
Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations
Global Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System
Healthcare-associated Infection
Intensive Care Unit
Japan Antimicrobial Use Surveillance
Japan Nosocomial Infections Surveillance
Japan Surveillance for Infection Prevention and Healthcare Epidemiology
Japanese Veterinary Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System
Minimum Inhibitory Concentration
Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter spp.
Multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus
National Database of Health Insurance Claims and Specific Health Checkups of. Japan
National Epidemiological Surveillance of Infectious Disease
World Organisation for Animal Health
Pharmaceuticals and Personal Products
Penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae
Regional Infection Control Support System
Surgical Site Infection
World Health Organization
Vancomycin-resistant Enterococci
Vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Disability-adjusted life year(s)
Point Prevalence Survey

Types and Abbreviations of Antimicrobials
Type
Penicillins

Beta-lactam antibiotics

Cephalosporins

1st generation

2nd generation

Nonproprietary name
Benzylpenicillin (penicillin G)
ampicillin
ampicillin/sulbactam
piperacillin
oxacillin
piperacillin/tazobactam
amoxicillin
amoxicillin/clavulanic acid
cefazolin
cephalexin
cefotiam
cefaclor

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Abbreviation*
PCG
ABPC
ABPC/SBT
PIPC
MPIPC
PIPC/TAZ
AMPC
AMPC/CVA
CEZ
CEX
CTM
CCL