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

摘要

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