Infections Without Borders: Global Status is one in a series of GIDEON ebooks which explore all individual infectious diseases, drugs, vaccines, outbreaks, surveys and pathogens in every country of the world. Data are based on the GIDEON web application (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. The ebook includes: 1. Descriptive epidemiology 2. Clinical features 3. Distribution map 4. Images 5. Global status and status in every relevant country6. ReferencesInfections Without Borders: Global Status includes separate sections on Cholecystitis and cholangitis, Chronic meningococcemia, Common cold, Endocarditis - infectious, Infection of wound, puncture, IV line, etc, Intra-abdominal abscess, Laryngotracheobronchitis, Liver abscess - bacterial, Malignant otitis externa, Molluscum contagiosum, Osteomyelitis, Otitis media, Pericarditis - bacterial, Perinephric abscess, Perirectal abscess, Peritonitis - bacterial, Pharyngeal and cervical space infx., Pharyngitis - bacterial, Pneumonia - bacterial, Pyodermas (impetigo, abscess, etc), Pyomyositis, Septic arthritis, Septicemia - bacterial, Sinusitis, Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome, Suppurative parotitis, Urinary tract infection, and Whipple's disease.