[Intravitally undetected tuberculosis and non-registered foci od tuberculous infection].
Active pulmonary tuberculosis was revealed in 1.55% of the cases registered in 11042 postmortem certificates representing forensic medical examination material accumulated at the archives for a period of 4 years. 66.35% of the cases had not been registered in a dispensary. Pulmonary tuberculosis was stated as a cause of death in 72.7% and as a concurrent condition in 27.3%. The basic activities of the antituberculosis service is to detect tuberculous infection and to rapidly eradicate its transmission. In addition, a close association and coordinated activities of forensic medical experts, phthisiologists and sanitary-and-epidemiologists will ensure an improvement of the epidemiological situation.
Didenko
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Ermilov
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Baranova
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015272:Pulmonary Medicine / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012042:Registries / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012800:Siberia; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology*
Ne vyiavlennyĭ pri zhizni tuberkylez i neuchtennye ochagi tuberkuleznoĭ infektsii.