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Term Definition
CABP

Community-acquired bacterial pneumonia

CAP

Community acquired pneumonia

CARB-X

Combating Antibiotic Resistance Bacteria Biopharmaceutical Accelerator

CCHIT

Certification commission for healthcare information technology, USA

CDC

Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, USA

CDI

Clostridioides difficile infection

CDSS

Clinical decision support systems

CEDI

Center for Digital Forvaltning

CF

Cystic fibrosis

CFU

Colony-forming unit

cgMLST

Core genome multilocus sequence typing

CI

Confidence interval

cIAI

Complicated intra-abdominal infection

Cmax

Mean maximum concentration

CoNS

Coagulase-negative staphylococci

CPE

Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales

CPN

A Causal Probabilistic Network (also known as a Bayesian Network) is a graphical model that represents a set of variables and their probabilistic relationships. It is used to model and reason about cause-and-effect relationships under uncertainty, and can be applied in various fields, including medical decision support systems.

CPO

Carbapenemase-producing organisms

CPOE

Computerized physician (/provider) order entry system

CPP

Critical priority pathogen

CRE

Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales

CREC

Carbapenem-resistant Escherichia coli

CRKP

Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae

CRPA

Carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa

cUTI

Complicated urinary tract infection

CxO’s

CEO: Chief Executive Officer, CIO: Chief Intelligence/IT Officer, CFO: Chief Financial Officer, CMO: Chief Marketing Officer, CSO: Chief Scientific Officer, CTO: Chief Technical Officer etc.