TY - JOUR AB - ii The following is a list of abbreviations that are considered common enough in the infectious diseases literature that no definition is needed. Abbreviate these terms when they are first used in text or tables. However, still spell them out in titles and on first use in abstracts. ADP adenosine diphosphate IL interleukin (e.g., IL-1, IL-2) SDS sodium dodecyl sulfate AIDS acquired immunodeficiency im intramuscular or TCID median tissue culture syndrome intramuscularly infective dose AMP adenosine monophosphate ip intraperitoneal or TNF tumor necrosis factor ATP adenosine triphosphate intraperitoneally Tris Tris(hydroxymethyl)- BCG bacille Calmette-Gue ´rin iv intravenous or intravenously aminomethane bp base pair LD median lethal dose tRNA transfer ribonucleic acid CF complement fixation or MBC minimum bactericidal TU tuberculin unit (do not use complement-fixing concentration for turbidity unit) cfu colony-forming units MIC minimum inhibitory WBC white blood cell CNS central nervous system concentration b.i.d. twice a day CSF cerebrospinal fluid MIC number for which 50% of t.i.d. three times a day CT computed tomography or isolates are susceptible q.i.d. four times daily computerized tomography MRI magnetic resonance imaging q.d. every day DEAE diethylaminoethyl or magnetic resonance q8h every 8 hours DNA deoxyribonucleic acid image EDTA ethylenediaminetetraacetic mRNA messenger ribonucleic TI - List of Abbreviations JO - Clinical Infectious Diseases DO - 10.1093/clinids/27.1.ii DA - 1998-07-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/list-of-abbreviations-ypqBoSWTS7 SP - ii EP - ii VL - 27 IS - 1 DP - DeepDyve ER -