Table 1

Patients in whom TB was not diagnosed as a result of their A&E attendance (12 attendances in 10 patients)

Patient	Ethnic group	Age (years)	Risk factor for TB	Admitted to hospital	Site of TB	Microbiologically confirmed diagnosis	Time from A&E attendance to diagnosis of TB (days)	Reason for presentation to A&E
HIV infection only diagnosed after admission to hospital. MRSA, methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus*; HIV+, infected with human immunodeficiency virus; LRTI, lower respiratory tract infection; MDR, multidrug resistant.
1a	White	65	HIV+	Yes	Pleural	No	178	Dyspnoea, ankle oedema
1b				Yes			155	Dyspnoea, ankle oedema
2	Asian	53	Dialysis	Yes	Pleural	No	122	Sepsis, MRSA bacteraemia
3	Black African	25	HIV+*	Yes	Meningitis	No	45	Headache, malaise, right iliac fossa pain,
4a	Asian	59	No	Yes	Pulmonary	Smear positive, sensitive	126	Dyspnoea, bronchiectasis
4b				No	Pulmonary	Smear positive, sensitive	134	Power failure at home
5	Asian	3	No	No	Pulmonary	No	166	Mouth ulcers
6	Asian	24	No	No	Pulmonary	Smear positive, sensitive	100	Malaise, weight loss
7	Asian	16	No	No	Pulmonary	Smear positive, MDR	2	Haemoptysis
8	Black African	30	No	No	Pulmonary	Smear negative, sensitive	184	Cough, diagnosed as LRTI
9	Black African	22	No	No	Pulmonary	No	12	Foreign body in ear
10	Asian	40	No	No	Pulmonary and psoas abscess	No	82	Cough