Forensic evaluation of sudden death due to tuberculosis.
The emergence of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) poses a major threat to TB control efforts. We report a case of a 50-year-old man with pulmonary TB. The scene investigation had initially suspected for homicide; however, the result of medico-legal autopsy demonstrated natural cause of death. Statistical data suggest that the rates of national mortality by respiratory TB decreased in the last decades in Hungary; however, an increasing TB mortality was detected in the capital Budapest. Facing a new mortality trend in TB, the forensic scene investigation and determination of manner of death represent new challenges for practitioners.
Department of Forensic Medicine, Semmelweis University Budapest, Ulloi út 93, 1091 Budapest, Hungary. torok@igaz.sote.hu
Klára
K
Töro
Arpád
A
Mészáros
Eva
E
Keller
D000328:Adult; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000209:etiology*; D049429:Forensic Pathology; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary / Q000453:epidemiology; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012771:Shock, Hemorrhagic / Q000209:etiology; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality