[Intravitally undetected tuberculosis and non-registered foci od tuberculous infection].

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.