[Bone and joint tuberculosis in Hungary today]

Authors introduce to the history of efforts against tuberculosis in Hungary. The effectiveness of this figh is shown by the decrease of morbidity rates. The decrease of morbidity rates was followed by the cutting down of the system of institutions devoted to the conquest of tuberculosis. Authors give account on the present epidemiological conditions and report on the four and a half years activity of their bone and joint surgery department in this field. The department proved to be reliably suitable for the treatment of patients with bone and joint tuberculosis. They draw the attention to the significance of yearly 30 cases which show that the tuberculosis did not yet disappear from Hungary. The aim of the paper is to maintain the problem in the common medical consciousness.