Abstract
Objective. To study the incidence of postmortem tuberculosis in the recent years.
Materials and methods. According to the data of the Federal Forms of Statistical Reports for 2013–2022, the tuberculosis incidence and mortality, frequency of postmortem diagnoses of tuberculosis cases, medical aid appealability of population, and coverage of preventive fluorographic examinations were studied on the territory of Perm Region.
Results. It was found that against the background of a decrease in tuberculosis morbidity and mortality from this infection for 2020–2022, the total of all first identified cases showed an increase in the proportion of the postmortem cases of tuberculosis. It was revealed that late diagnostics of tuberculosis is associated with a decrease in the number of requests for medical assistance and the coverage of fluorographic examinations due to COVID-19 epidemic.
Conclusions. The increase in the share of postmortem diagnoses of tuberculosis cases has been noted in the total of all first identified tuberculosis cases for the period of 2020–2022 against the background of a new coronavirus infection epidemic.