Population-based Survey of Invasive Bacterial Diseases, Greenland, 1995–2004

Abstract

Invasive bacterial disease occurs frequently among native populations in the Arctic. Although a variety of bacteria are involved in invasive bacterial disease in Greenland, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, and other staphylococci are responsible for most cases (69%); incidence varies according to region and ethnicity.

Keywords

• epidemiology
• bacterial infections
• sepsis
• meningitis
• Streptococcus pneumoniae
• Inuits