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Probl Tuberk
; (7): 20-2, 1990.
Artigo
em Russo
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-2235942
RESUMO
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.