Table 1 Demographic and clinical details of patients presenting with spinal tuberculosis.

Number	Sex	Age at diagnosis	Country of birth	Duration resident in the UK	Retroviral status	Additional medical history
1	F	35	Somalia	7	Not tested	Nil
2	M	49	Vietnam	15	Not tested	Asthma
3	F	42	Nigerian	15	Not tested	Hypertension
4	M	31	Portugal	Unknown	Negative	Injecting drug use
5	M	52	Sri Lanka	4	Not tested	Nephrolithiasis
6	F	28	UK		Not tested	Nil
7	F	24	Eritrea	0.75	Not tested	Nil
8	M	36	Somalia	0.25	Not tested	Nil
9	M	34	Sierra Leone	11	Negative	Nil
10	F	31	Ivory Coast	1	Positive	Nil
11	M	31	Nigerian	4		Nil
12	M	34	Vietnam	15	Negative	Nil
13	M	32	Ivory Coast	2	Negative	Nil
14	F	55	West Africa	20	Not tested	Nil
15	M	38	Nepal	2.5	Negative	Nil
16	M	31	Somalia	10	Negative	Nil
17	F	18	Eritrea	2	Negative	Nil
18	F	30	Pakistan	Unknown	Not tested	Nil
19	M	35	Sri Lanka	7	Not tested	Nil
20	M	33	Zimbabwe	12	Negative	Nil
21	M	39	UK	–	Negative	Nil