| Search set | CIDG SRa | CENTRAL | MEDLINEb | EMBASEb | LILACSb |
| 1 | tuberculosis | tuberculosis | tuberculosis | tuberculosis | tuberculosis |
| 2 | rifabutin | TUBERCULOSIS | TUBERCULOSIS | TUBERCULOSIS | rifabutin |
| 3 | rifampicin | 1 or 2 | 1 or 2 | 1 or 2 | rifampicin |
| 4 | 2 or 3 | rifabutin | rifabutin | rifabutin | rifampin |
| 5 | 1 and 4 | rifampicin | RIFABUTIN | RIFABUTIN | rifamycins |
| 6 | — | RIFAMYCINS | rifampicin | rifampicin | 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 |
| 7 | — | 4 or 5 or 6 | rifampin | rifampin | 1 and 6 |
| 8 | — | 3 and 7 | RIFAMPIN | RIFAMPICIN | — |
| 9 | — | — | RIFAMYCINS | RIFAMYCINS | — |
| 10 | — | — | 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 or 8 or 9 | 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 or 8 or 9 | — |
| 11 | — | — | 3 and 10 | 3 and 10 | — |
| 12 | — | — | Limit 11 to humans | Limit 11 to human | — |