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| Ab |
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Antibody |
| AE |
|
Adverse Events |
| ALT |
|
Alanine Aminotransferase |
| Bacteremia |
|
Bacterial presence in the blood stream |
| BLA |
|
Biological License Application |
| CDC |
|
Centers for Disease Control |
| CFU |
|
Colony Forming Unit |
| cGMP |
|
current Good Manufacturing Processes |
| CKD |
|
Chronic Kidney Disease |
| CPS |
|
Capsular Polysaccharide |
| CTD |
|
Common Technical Document |
| CV |
|
Cardio Vascular |
| DSMB |
|
Drug Safety Monitoring Board |
| E. faecalis |
|
Enterococcus faecalis (E. faecalis) |
| E. faecium |
|
Enterococcus faecium (E. faecium) |
| EBCT |
|
Electron-based Computer Tomography |
| EMEA |
|
European Medicines Agency |
| ESRD |
|
End Stage Renal Disease |
| EU |
|
European Union |
| FDA |
|
Food and Drug Administration |
| GFR |
|
Glomerulous Filtration Rate |
| GlcNAc |
|
N-Acetyl Glucosamine; a sugar molecule |
| HBV |
|
Hepatitis B Virus |
| HCV |
|
Hepatitis C Virus |
| ITP |
|
Immune Thrombopinea Purpura |
| IV |
|
Intravenous |
| IVIG |
|
Intravenous (normal) Immunoglobulin |
| K/DOQI |
|
Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative |
| MAA |
|
Marketing Authorization Application (license application in the EU) |
| Mab |
|
Monoclonal Antibody |
| MOA |
|
Mechanism of Action |
| MRSA |
|
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus |
| NIH |
|
National Institute of Health |
| Nosocomial infection |
|
Hospital-based infection |
| Opsonophagosytosis |
|
The mechanism by which the immune system clears foreign particles by antibody recognition, complement fixation and phagosytosis by macrophages |
| PS |
|
Polysaccharide |
| PTH |
|
Parathyroid Hormone |
| PVL |
|
Panton-Valentine Leukocidin; an antigen found in community acquired Staphylococcus aureus infections |
| RENS |
|
Ring Expanded Nucleosides and Nucleotides |
| RSV |
|
Respiratory Syncitial Virus |
| S. aureus |
|
Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) - Types 5, 8 and 336 |
| S. epidermidis |
|
Staphylococcus epidermidis (S. aureus) - PS-1 and GP 1 |
| SAE |
|
Serious Adverse Events |
| SC |
|
Subcutaneous |
| UNOS |
|
United Network for Organ Sharing |
| VISA |
|
Vancomycin Intermediate Resistant Staphylococcus aureus |
| VRSA |
|
Vancomycin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus |
| WHO |
|
World Health Organization |
| WNV |
|
West Nile Virus |
