| | Author | Year | County | TP | FP | FN | TN | Specimen type | Reference standard | Decontaminate method | Sample condition | Location | Homogenisation | Sample ratio | Patient selection method |
| | Causse, M. | 2011 | Spain | 16 | 0 | 1 | 70 | Tissue | Cuture | NALC-NaOH | Fresh | Peripheral | No | 2:1 | consecutive |
| | Vadwai, V.a | 2011 | India | 32 | 17 | 12 | 127 | Tissue | Cuture | No | Fresh | Peripheral | Mechanical | 2:1 | consecutive |
| | Vadwai, V.b | 2011 | India | 49 | 1 | 17 | 122 | Tissue | CRS | No | Fresh | Peripheral | Mechanical | 2:1 | consecutive |
| | Armand, S | 2011 | France | 8 | 0 | 8 | 2 | Tissue | Cuture | NALC-NaOH | Frozen | Peripheral | Mechanical | 3:1 | Convenience |
| | Hillemann, D. | 2011 | Germany | 6 | 3 | 4 | 52 | Tissue | Cuture | NALC-NaOH | Fresh | Peripheral | Mechanical | 3:1 | Consecutive |
| | Zeka, A. N.a | 2011 | Turkey | 11 | 2 | 3 | 10 | Tissue | Cuture | No | Frozen | Peripheral | No | 3:1 | Consecutive |
| | Zeka, A. N.b | 2011 | Turkey | 13 | 0 | 4 | 9 | Tissue | CRS | No | Frozen | Peripheral | No | 3:1 | Consecutive |
| | Ligthelm, L. J.a | 2011 | South Africa | 29 | 2 | 1 | 16 | FNA | CRS | No | Fresh | Peripheral | No | 2:1 | Consecutive |
| | Ligthelm, L. J.b | 2011 | South Africa | 28 | 3 | 1 | 16 | FNA | Cuture | No | Fresh | Peripheral | No | 2:1 | Consecutive |
| | Malbruny, B. | 2011 | France | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17 | FNA | Cuture | NALC-NaOH | Fresh | Peripheral | Mechanical | 3:1 | Convenience |
| | Moure, R. | 2012 | Spain | 24 | 0 | 10 | 4 | Tissue | Cuture | NALC-NaOH | Frozen | Peripheral | Mechanical | 2:1 | Convenience |
| | Tortoli, E.a | 2012 | Italy | 24 | 4 | 5 | 85 | Tissue | Cuture | NALC-NaOH | Frozen | Peripheral | Mechanical | 2:1 | Convenience |
| | Tortoli, E.b | 2012 | Italy | 28 | 0 | 5 | 85 | Tissue | CRS | NALC-NaOH | Frozen | Peripheral | Mechanical | 2:1 | Convenience |
| | Van Rie, A.a | 2013 | South Africa | 139 | 23 | 10 | 172 | FNA | Cuture | No | Fresh | Peripheral | No | 2:1 | Consecutive |
| | Van Rie, A.b | 2013 | South Africa | 160 | 2 | 42 | 144 | FNA | CRS | No | Fresh | Peripheral | No | 2:1 | Consecutive |
| | Ablanedo-Terrazas, Y. | 2014 | Mexico | 15 | 0 | 0 | 53 | FNA | Cuture | NALC-NaOH | Frozen | Peripheral | No | 2:1 | Convenience |
| | Biadglegne, F. | 2014 | Ethiopia | 29 | 56 | 3 | 132 | FNA | Cuture | NALC-NaOH | Frozen | Peripheral | No | 3:1 | Convenience |
| | Coetzee, L. | 2014 | South Africa | 21 | 13 | 4 | 34 | FNA | CRS | No | Fresh | Peripheral | No | 2:1 | Convenience |
| | Dhasmana, D. J. | 2014 | United Kingdom | 24 | 3 | 12 | 77 | FNA | CRS | No | Fresh | Mediastinal | No | Unknow | Convenience |
| | Scott, L. E. | 2014 | South Africa | 16 | 14 | 4 | 50 | FNA | Cuture | NALC-NaOH | Fresh | Peripheral | No | 2:1 | Convenience |
| | Salvador, F.a | 2015 | Spain | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | FNA | Cuture | No | Fresh | Peripheral | No | Unknow | Convenience |
| | Salvador, F.b | 2015 | Spain | 6 | 0 | 3 | 4 | Tissue | Cuture | No | Fresh | Peripheral | No | Unknow | Convenience |
| | Tadesse, M. | 2015 | Ethiopia | 76 | 7 | 11 | 42 | FNA | CRS | NALC-NaOH | Frozen | Peripheral | Mechanical | 3:1 | Consecutive |
| | Bholla, M. | 2016 | Tanzania | 11 | 3 | 8 | 40 | FNA | CRS | No | Fresh | Peripheral | No | 3:1 | Convenience |
| | Dhooria, S. | 2016 | India | 26 | 2 | 27 | 92 | FNA | CRS | No | Fresh | Mediastinal | No | 2:1 | Convenience |
| | Suzana, S.a | 2016 | India | 19 | 19 | 1 | 27 | Tissue | Cuture | No | Fresh | Peripheral | No | 2:1 | Consecutive |
| | Suzana, S.b | 2016 | India | 38 | 0 | 18 | 11 | Tissue | CRS | No | Fresh | Peripheral | No | 2:1 | Consecutive |
| | Wang Xiao | 2016 | China | 1 | 24 | 0 | 7 | FNA | Cuture | No | Fresh | Peripheral | No | 2:1 | Convenience |
| | Nataraj, G. | 2016 | India | 29 | 1 | 9 | 87 | FNA | Cuture | No | Fresh | Peripheral | No | 2:1 | Convenience |
| | Xu Meili | 2016 | China | 73 | 0 | 7 | 40 | FNA | CRS | No | Fresh | Peripheral/Mediastinal | Mechanical | 2:1 | Convenience |
| | Huang Shaojun.a | 2016 | China | 48 | 0 | 2 | 13 | FNA | CRS | NALC-NaOH | Fresh | Peripheral | Mechanical | 2:1 | Convenience |
| | Huang Shaojun.b | 2016 | China | 26 | 0 | 5 | 13 | Tissue | CRS | NALC-NaOH | Fresh | Peripheral | Mechanical | 2:1 | Convenience |
| | Pandey, S.a | 2017 | Australia | 9 | 1 | 1 | 3 | FNA | Cuture | NALC-NaOH | Fresh | Peripheral | No | 3:1 | Convenience |
| | Pandey, S.b | 2017 | Australia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | Tissue | Cuture | NALC-NaOH | Fresh | Peripheral | No | 3:1 | Convenience |
| | Jorstad, M. D. | 2018 | Zanzibar | 6 | 0 | 16 | 20 | FNA | CRS | No | Fresh | Peripheral | No | Unknow | Convenience |
| | Perez-Risco, D. | 2018 | Spain | 16 | 0 | 1 | 8 | FNA | Cuture | NALC-NaOH | Frozen | Peripheral | No | 2:1 | Convenience |
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