| Search set | CIDG SRa | CENTRAL | MEDLINEb | EMBASEb | LILACSb | CINAHLb | SCI | PEDro |
| 1 | tuberculosis | tubercul* | TUBERCULOSIS | TUBERCULOSIS | tubercul* | tubercul* | tubercul* | tubercul* |
| 2 | TB | TB | tubercul* | tubercul$ | TB | TB | TB | TB |
| 3 | 1 or 2 | 1 or 2 | TB | TB | 1 or 2 | 1 or 2 | 1 or 2 | 1 or 2 |
| 4 | laser | laser | 1 or 2 or 3 | 1 or 2 or 3 | laser | laser | laser | laser |
| 5 | 3 and 4 | 3 and 4 | laser | laser | 3 and 4 | 3 and 4 | 3 and 4 | 3 and 4 |
| 6 | — | — | 4 and 5 | 4 and 5 | — | — | — | — |
Official websites use .gov
A
.gov website belongs to an official
government organization in the United States.
Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock (
) or https:// means you've safely
connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive
information only on official, secure websites.