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Forensic Evaluation of Sudden Death Due to Tuberculosis
Author(s) -
Törő Klára,
Mészáros Árpád,
Keller Éva
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of forensic sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.715
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1556-4029
pISSN - 0022-1198
DOI - 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2008.00763.x
Subject(s) - homicide , tuberculosis , medicine , autopsy , cause of death , forensic pathology , natural death , mortality rate , medical jurisprudence , poison control , medical emergency , injury prevention , surgery , pathology , disease
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.