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.
Töro
Klára
K
Department of Forensic Medicine, Semmelweis University Budapest, Ulloi út 93, 1091 Budapest, Hungary. torok@igaz.sote.hu
Mészáros
Arpád
A
Keller
Eva
E
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