title: [Tuberculosis found in autopsies done in the Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases 1972-1991].
abstract: Between years 1972 and 1991 1500 autopsies were done in the Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases in Warsaw. Active tuberculosis was found in 119 cases (7.9%). 56 patients died of tuberculosis. Tuberculosis was not diagnosed during life in 37% of all cases and in 39% of that in whom it was the cause of death. Tuberculosis was undiagnosed significantly more often in the years 1982-1991 than in years 1972-1981. Tuberculosis was restricted to the lungs in 60.5% of cases, was found in the lungs and in the extrapulmonary sites in 37.8% and only outside lungs in 1.7%. This is in contrast with official polish statistics. The extrapulmonary tuberculosis was registered in only 4% of cases.
authors.affiliation: III Kliniki Gruźlicy i Chorób Płuc.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Szopiński
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Remiszewski
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Szymańska
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rowińska-Zakrzewska
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology
vernacular_title: Gruźlica rozpoznana na podstawie badania pośmiertnego w materiale Instytutu Gruźlicy i Chorób Płuc w latach 1972-1991.