Table 2.
Demographic and clinical patient information
| Patient number | Sex | Age (years) | First symptom | TB signs and symptoms | Osteoarticular abnormalities | X-ray | TB diagnosis | HIV status | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sputum ZN | Cough >21 days | Fever/night sweats | Weight loss | ||||||||
| 1 (Laura) | Female | 61 | Pain knee and hip | Negative | Yes | Yes | Yes | Localised pain right hip | Erosion of femoral head and joint space narrowing | Hip osteal TB | Negative |
| 2 (Steve) | Male | 42 | Fatigue | Positive | Yes | Yes | Yes | Ghon focus with bronchopneumonic consolidation | Smear-positive pulmonary TB | Negative | |
| 3 (Maria) | Female | 42 | Chest pain | Positive | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not performed | Smear-positive pulmonary TB | Negative | |
| 4 (Jacob) | Male | 54 | Fatigue | Positive | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not performed | Smear-positive pulmonary TB | Positive | |
| 5 | Male | 64 | Fatigue | Positive | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not performed | Smear-positive pulmonary TB | Negative | |
| 6 | Male | 27 | Chest tightness | Positive | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not performed | Smear-positive pulmonary TB | Positive | |
| 7 | Female | 66 | Chest tightness | Positive | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not performed | Smear-positive pulmonary TB | Negative | |
| 8 | Male | 31 | Chest pain | Positive | Yes | Yes | Yes | Cavernous TB | Smear-positive pulmonary TB | Negative | |
| 9 | Male | 47 | Cough | Positive | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not performed | Smear-positive pulmonary TB | Positive | |
| 10 (Lena) | Female | 52 | Cough | Positive | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not performed | Smear-positive pulmonary TB | Negative | |
| 11 | Male | 71 | Cough | Positive | Yes | Yes | No | Not performed | Smear-positive pulmonary TB | Negative | |
| 12 | Male | 26 | Fatigue | Negative | No | Yes | Yes | Truncal rigidity, spinal gibbus | Erosion of vertebral centra and disc space narrowing | Spinal TB | Negative |
| 13 | Male | 18 | Weight loss | Negative | Yes | Yes | Yes | Bronchopneumonic consolidation | Smear-negative pulmonary TB | Negative | |
| 14 (Sam) | Male | 46 | Fatigue | Positive | Yes | No | Yes | Not performed | Smear-positive pulmonary TB | Positive | |
| 15 | Male | 21 | Chest pain and chest tightness | Negative | Yes | Yes | Yes | Bronchopneumonic consolidation | Smear-negative pulmonary TB | Negative | |
| 16 | Male | 78 | Chest pain | Negative | Yes | Yes | Yes | Cavernous TB | Smear-negative pulmonary TB | Negative | |
| 17 | Male | 22 | Cough | Positive | Yes | Yes | Yes | Cavernous TB and pleural effusion | Smear-positive pulmonary TB and pleural TB | Negative | |
| 18 | Male | 45 | Chest tightness | Positive | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not performed | Smear-positive pulmonary TB | Positive | |
| 19 (George) | Male | 80 | Breathing difficulties | Negative | Yes | No | Yes | Ghon’s complex | Smear-negative pulmonary TB | Negative | |
| 20 | Female | 68 | Fever | Negative | Yes | Yes | Yes | Cavernous TB | Smear-negative pulmonary TB | Negative | |
| 21 (David) | Male | 35 | Fever | Negative | Yes | Yes | Yes | Ghon focus with bronchopneumonic consolidation | Smear-negative pulmonary TB | Negative | |
| 22 | Female | 20 | Chest tightness | Positive | Yes | Yes | No | Not performed | Smear-positive pulmonary TB | Negative | |
| 23 | Male | 61 | Fever | Negative | Yes | Yes | Yes | Bronchopneumonic consolidation | Smear-negative pulmonary TB | Negative | |
| 24 | Female | 30 | Cough | Negative | Yes | Yes | Yes | Cavernous TB | Smear-negative pulmonary TB | Positive | |
| 25 (Marc) | Male | 40 | Fever | Negative | Yes | Yes | Yes | Ghon’s complex and bronchiectasis | Smear-negative pulmonary TB | Positive | |
| 26 | Female | 70 | Headache | Negative | Yes | Yes | Yes | Ghon focus with bronchopneumonic consolidation | Smear-negative pulmonary TB | Negative | |
| 27 | Female | 37 | Cough | Negative | Yes | Yes | Yes | Bronchopneumonic consolidation | Smear-negative pulmonary TB | Positive | |
| 28 | Female | 19 | Chest pain | Negative | Yes | Yes | Yes | Cavernous TB | Smear-negative pulmonary TB | Negative | |