Table 1

Details of the study patients
Number	Age (years)	Sex	Primary hematological disorder	Organs involved by tuberculosis	Diagnosis of tuberculosis	Treatment/Outcome of tuberculosis

1	55	Male	Chronic myeloid leukemia	Intestine, mesentry and abdominal lymph nodes	Positive lymph node histology and cultures	Given/Successful
2	40	Male	Acute myeloid leukemia	Lungs	Positive sputum cultures	Given/Successful
3	19	Female	Acute myeloid leukemia	Lungs	Positive sputum cultures	Given/Successful
4	20	Female	Hodgkin's lymphoma	Lungs, liver and abdominal lymph nodes	Positive sputum cultures	Given/Successful
5	33	Female	Thrombocytopenic purpura	Cervical lymph nodes	Positive lymph node cultures	Given/Successful
6	70	Male	Hairy cell leukemia	Lungs, liver, spleen, cerebrospinal fluid and bone marrow	Positive cultures(4 sites) and bone marrow histology	Given/Unsuccessful *Multi-drug resistance
7	32	Male	Multiple Myeloma	Lungs	Positive sputum cultures	Given/Successful
8	36	Female	Essential thrombocythemia	Lungs	Positive sputum cultures	Given/Successful
9	24	Male	Acute myeloid leukemia	Lungs, bone marrow and liver.	Positive bronchial lavage	Not given/Death
10	45	Male	Severe aplastic anemia	Lungs	Positive sputum cultures	Not given/Lost follow up
11	70	Male	Myelodysplastic syndrome	Lungs and cervical lymph nodes	Empirical/positive lymph node histology	Given/Successful
12	62	Male	Polycythemia rubra vera	Cervical lymph nodes	Empirical/positive lymph node histology	Given/Successful
13	38	Male	Acute myeloid leukemia	Lungs, bone marrow, psoas muscle and vertebrae.	Empirical/positive muscle and bone marrow histology	Given/Successful
14	52	Female	Chronic myeloid leukemia	Lungs	Empirical/positive serology	Given/Successful
15	59	Male	Myelodysplastic syndrome	Lungs	Empirical/positive serology	Given/Successful
16	75	Male	Myelodysplastic syndrome	Cervical spine	Empirical	Given/Successful
17	60	Female	Myelofibrosis	Lungs	Empirical	Given/Successful
18	65	Male	Chronic myeloid leukemia	Lungs	Empirical	Given/Successful

Al-Anazi et al. Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2007 6:16 doi:10.1186/1476-0711-6-16