Undiagnosed active tuberculosis in a medicolegal autopsy material.
A review of a mediocolegal autopsy material comprising 6,283 cases revealed a very low incidence of unrecognized active tuberculosis, namely 0.05%. The incidence appears to be lower than among non-forensic autopsies. The three cases showed uniform characteristics, being middle-aged men who could be classified as destitute.
D001344:Autopsy; D003718:Denmark; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000453:epidemiology*