| Search set | CIDG SR | CENTRAL | MEDLINE | Embase | LILACS |
| 1 | Tuberculosis OR TB | Tuberculosis OR TB ti, ab | Tuberculosis OR TB ti, ab | Tuberculosis OR TB ti, ab | Tuberculosis OR TB |
| 2 | Multi‐drug resistant | drug resist* OR MDR OR DR OR XDR ti, ab | drug resist* OR MDR OR DR OR XDR ti, ab | drug resist* OR MDR OR DR OR XDR ti, ab | Multi‐drug resistant |
| 3 | MDR‐TB | 1 and 2 | 1 and 2 | 1 and 2 | MDR‐TB |
| 4 | Drug‐resistant | DR‐TB OR MDR‐TB OR XDR‐TB ti, ab | DR‐TB OR MDR‐TB OR XDR‐TB ti, ab | DR‐TB OR MDR‐TB OR XDR‐TB ti, ab | Drug‐resistant |
| 5 | XDR‐TB | Tuberculosis, Multidrug‐Resistant"[Mesh] OR "Extensively Drug‐Resistant Tuberculosis"[Mesh] | Tuberculosis, Multidrug‐Resistant"[Mesh] OR "Extensively Drug‐Resistant Tuberculosis"[Mesh] | Multidrug resistant tuberculosis [Emtree] OR “extensively drug resistant tuberculosis” [Emtree] OR “drug resistant tuberculosis” [Emtree] | XDR‐TB |
| 6 | 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 | 3 or 4 or 5 | 3 or 4 or 5 | 3 or 4 or 5 | 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 |
| 7 | 1 and 6 | "Oxazolidinones"[Mesh] | "Oxazolidinones"[Mesh] | Linezolid ti, ab OR “Linezolid” [Emtree] | 1 and 6 |
| 8 | linezolid | "linezolid" [Supplementary Concept] | "linezolid" [Supplementary Concept] | LZD OR Zyvox ti, ab | linezolid |
| 9 | 7 and 8 | Linezolid OR LZD OR Zyvox ti, ab | Linezolid OR LZD OR Zyvox ti, ab | “oxazolidinone derivative” [Emtree] | 7 and 8 |
| 10 | — | 7 or 8 or 9 | 7 or 8 or 9 | 7 or 8 or 9 | — |
| 11 | — | 6 and 10 | 6 and 10 | 6 and 10 | — |
| 12 | — | — | Limit 11 to Humans | Limit 11 to Human | — |