Life-Threatening Haemophilus influenzae Infections in Scandinavia: A Five-Country Analysis of the Incidence and the Main Clinical and Bacteriologic Characteristics

The five countries of Scandinavia (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden) comprise 22.6 million inhabitants and rather homogeneous socioeconomic conditions. A survey of systemic Haemophilus influenzae diseases over the last decades revealed that the reported incidence of H. influenzae diseas...

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Published in:Reviews of infectious diseases 1990-07, Vol.12 (4), p.708-715
Main Authors: Peltola, H, Roed, TO, Jonsdottir, K, Boettiger, M, Coolidge, JAS
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Age Factors
Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology
Bacterial meningitis
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Child, Preschool
Children
Epidemiology
Epiglottitis
Female
General aspects
Haemophilus Infections - epidemiology
Haemophilus Infections - mortality
Haemophilus influenzae
Haemophilus influenzae - drug effects
Haemophilus influenzae type b
Haemophilus meningitis
Humans
Iceland - epidemiology
Incidence
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Infections
Infectious diseases
International Report
Male
Medical sciences
Meningitis, Haemophilus - epidemiology
Meningitis, Haemophilus - mortality
Scandinavian and Nordic Countries - epidemiology
Seasons
Sepsis
Sex Factors
Vaccination
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Summary:The five countries of Scandinavia (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden) comprise 22.6 million inhabitants and rather homogeneous socioeconomic conditions. A survey of systemic Haemophilus influenzae diseases over the last decades revealed that the reported incidence of H. influenzae disease is increasing. In recent years, the overall incidence has been 3.5 cases per 100,000 people each year (800 cases annually); in children
ISSN:0162-0886