Infections Without Borders: Global Status

Infections Without Borders: Global Status is one in a series of GIDEON ebooks which summarize the status of individual infectious diseases, in every country of the world. Data are based on the GIDEON database (www.gideononline.com) which relies on standard text books, peer-review journals, Health Ministry reports and ProMED, supplemented by an ongoing exhaustive search of the medical literature.

Chapters are arranged alphabetically, by country name. Each section is divided into five subsections.
1. Descriptive epidemiology
2. Summary of clinical features
3. Global status of the disease
4. Status of the disease in a specific country
5. References

Infections Without Borders: Global Status includes separate sections on Cholecystitis & cholangitis, Common cold, Endocarditis – infectious, Infection of wound, puncture, IV line, etc, Intra-abdominal abscess, Laryngotracheobronchitis, Liver abscess – bacterial, Malignant otitis externa, Osteomyelitis, Otitis media, Pericarditis – bacterial, Perinephric abscess, Perirectal abscess, Peritonitis – bacterial, Pharyngeal & cervical space infx., Pharyngitis – bacterial, Pneumonia – bacterial, Pyodermas (impetigo, abscess, etc), Pyomyositis, Septic arthritis, Septicemia – bacterial, Sinusitis, Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome, Suppurative parotitis, Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome, Chronic meningococcemia, Urinary tract infection, and Whipple’s disease.