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| Author | Year | Country | Scoring criteria | Validation | Gold standard |
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| Point-based scoring systems |
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| Mathur et al. [9] | 1974 | India | Kenneth Jones | Sens 73% (original criteria)
Sens 95% (modified criteria) | Clinical diagnosis |
| Shah et al. [12] | 1992 | India | Kenneth Jones | Compared modified criteria to previous Kenneth Jones | Previous KJ |
Mehnaz and Arif
[13] | 2005 | Pakistan | Kenneth Jones | Retrospective analysis | Clinical control and response to treatment |
| Viani et al. [8] | 2008 | Mexico | Stegen-Toledo | Retrospective analysis | Clinical diagnosis |
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| van Beekhuizen [16] | 1998 | Papua New
Guinea | Keith Edwards | Sens 62%, spec 95% | Improvement on anti-TB treatment or positive CXR |
Weismuller et al.
[17] | 2002 | Malawi | WHO score chart (modified Keith Edwards) | Sens 61% for all types of TB; 54% for PTB and 73% for EPTB | Clinical diagnosis—differed by various hospitals |
| van Rheenen [18] | 2002 | Zambia | Keith Edwards | Sens 88%, spec 25%, PPV 55%, NPV 67% | Diagnostic algorithm |
| Narayan et al. [19] | 2003 | India | Keith Edwards | Sens 91%, spec 88% | Clinical diagnosis |
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| Sant'Anna et al. [24] | 2006 | Brazil | Brazil Ministry of Health | Sens 89%, spec 86% | Culture positive and respiratory symptoms and/or CXR improved using exclusively anti-TB drugs |
| Sant'Anna et al. [25] | 2004 | Brazil | Brazil Ministry of Health | 82% very likely, 16% possible, 2.4% unlikely | Clinical criteria and response to treatment |
| Pedrozo et al. [23] | 2009 | Brazil | Brazil Ministry of Health | Median score of TB positive groups higher than negative | Clinical criteria |
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| Fourie et al. [27] | 1998 | Multiple | New | Analyzed by age and country group: sens 30–73%, spec 10–75%, PPV 50–82% | Positive radiologic or bacteriological data |
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| Diagnostic classification |
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| Migliori et al. [30] | 1992 | Uganda | Migliori | Gastric aspirate: sens 96.8%, spec 92.2%, PPV 68.2%, NPV 99.4%. Response to treatment: sens 62.5%, 94.1%, PPV 57.7%, NPV 95.1% | Original Ghidey and Habte criteria |
| Salazar et al. [32] | 2001 | Peru | Migliori | Sens 92% (Migliori) versus 80% (Peru). 3/3 Peru criteria had 73% PPV | Migliori criteria (without RTT) |
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| Marais et al. [26] | 2006 | South Africa | New | Children ≥3 and HIV uninfected: sens 82.3%, spec 90.2%, PPV 82.3%.
Children <3 and HIV uninfected: sens 51.8%, spec 92.5%, PPV 90.1%.
HIV infected: sens 56.2%, spec 61.8%, PPV 61.9% | Clinical criteria |
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| Houwert et al. [38] | 1998 | South Africa | WHO provisional guidelines (1994) | PPV of all 3 criteria when present simultaneously: 63% | WHO diagnostic categories from 1994 used as the gold standard |
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