Stool specimen for diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in adults: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the diagnostic accuracy of stool specimens to diagnose pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) in adults.

Design

Systematic review.

Data sources

MEDLINE (Ovid), Embase (Ovid), Web of Science and the Cochrane database were searched from inception to 9 March 2023-10 March 2023 using a comprehensive search strategy; reference lists of selected articles and relevant review articles were manually searched.

Eligibility criteria for selecting studies

Studies in English reporting diagnostic performance of stool specimens against respiratory specimens using mycobacterial culture or smear microscopy or Xpert assay to diagnose PTB in adults were eligible for this systematic review.

Data extraction and synthesis

Two reviewers independently screened the retr

SUBMITTER: Sultana S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10151869 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature