Evaluation of Xpert MTB/RIF for the Diagnosis of Lymphatic Tuberculosis

Table 1

Characteristics of the included studies.

Author	Year	Design	Gold standard	Results				Type of specimens	Error
				TP	FP	FN	TN
Ligthelm et al. (a) [11]	2011	Retrospective	Culture	29	2	1	16	FNA	0
Ligthelm et al. (b) [11]	2011	Retrospective	CRS	28	3	1	16	FNA	0
Causse et al. (a) [16]	2011	Prospective	Culture	16	0	1	70	Tissue	0
Vadwai et al. (a) [32]	2011	Prospective	Culture	32	17	12	127	Tissue	0
Vadwai et al. (b) [32]	2011	Prospective	CRS	49	1	17	122	Tissue	0
Armand et al. (a) [15]	2011	Retrospective	Culture	8	0	8	2	Tissue	2
Hillemann et al. (a) [29]	2011	Prospective	Culture	6	3	4	52	Tissue	No data
Zeka et al. (a) [22]	2011	Retrospective	Culture	11	2	3	10	Tissue	0
Zeka et al. (b) [22]	2011	Retrospective	CRS	13	0	4	9	Tissue	0
Malbruny et al. (a) [27]	2011	Prospective	Culture	6	0	0	17	FNA	0
Moure et al. (a) [20]	2012	Retrospective	Culture	24	0	10	4	Tissue	0
Tortoli et al. (a) [14]	2012	Retrospective	Culture	24	4	5	85	Tissue	No data
Tortoli et al. (b) [14]	2012	Retrospective	CRS	28	0	5	85	Tissue	No data
Van Rie et al. (a) [17]	2013	Prospective	Culture	139	23	10	172	FNA	5
Van Rie et al. (b) [17]	2013	Prospective	CRS	160	2	42	144	FNA	5
Ablanedo-Terrazas et al. (a) [12]	2014	Prospective	Culture	15	0	0	53	FNA	0
Biadglegne et al. (a) [19]	2014	Prospective	Culture	29	56	3	132	FNA	7
Coetzee et al. (b) [28]	2014	Prospective	CRS	21	13	4	34	FNA	1
Dhasmana et al. (b) [26]	2014	Prospective	CRS	24	3	12	77	FNA	0
Scott et al. (a) [18]	2014	Prospective	Culture	16	14	4	50	FNA	0
Ghariani et al. (a) [13]	2015	Prospective	Culture	126	8	18	22	Tissue	0
Tadesse et al. (b) [24]	2015	Prospective	CRS	76	7	11	42	FNA	2
Salvador et al. (b) [21]	2015	Prospective	Culture	6	0	3	4	Tissue	0
Salvador et al. (a) [21]	2015	Prospective	Culture	5	6	2	2	FNA	0
Bholla et al. (b) [3]	2016	Prospective	CRS	11	3	8	40	FNA	0
Dhooria et al. (b) [30]	2016	Prospective	CRS	26	2	27	92	FNA	0
Suzana et al. (a) [31]	2016	Prospective	Culture	19	19	1	27	Tissue	0
Suzana et al. (b) [31]	2016	Prospective	CRS	38	0	18	11	Tissue	0
Nataraj et al. (a) [33]	2016	Prospective	Culture	29	1	9	87	FNA	0
Pandey et al. (b) [23]	2016	Prospective	Culture	5	2	3	1	Tissue	0
Pandey et al. (a) [23]	2016	Prospective	Culture	9	1	1	3	FNA	0
Rebecca et al. (a) [8]	2018	Retrospective	Culture	12	9	1	37	Tissue	0
Perez-Risco et al. (a) [10]	2018	Prospective	Culture	16	0	1	8	FNA	0
Sarfaraz et al. (a) [9]	2018	Prospective	Culture	44	38	23	156	FNA	0
Jørstad et al. (b) [25]	2018	Prospective	CRS	6	0	16	20	FNA	0