Table 3.
Search strategy
| A. PubMed | ||
| #1 | “Multidrug resistant tuberculosis” [All Fields] OR “MDR-TB” [All Fields] OR “Drug resistant TB” [All Fields] OR “Risk factors of MDR-TB” [All Fields] OR “Predictors of MDR-TB” [All Fields] | 21,717 |
| #2 | “HIV” [All Fields] OR “Human Immunodeficiency Virus” [All Fields] | 287,526 |
| #3 | #1 AND #2 | 9423 |
| Searching date starting from 01/01/2010 to 30/07/2020 | ||
| B. Google scholar | ||
| #1 | “Multidrug resistant tuberculosis” OR “MDR-TB” OR “Drug resistant TB” OR “Risk factors of MDR-TB” OR “Predictors of MDR-TB” | 226,850 |
| #2 | “HIV” OR “Human Immunodeficiency Virus” | 1,570,000 |
| #3 | #1 AND #2 | 154,780 |
| Searching date starting from 01/01/2010 to 30/07/2020 | ||
| C. Science direct | ||
| #1 | “Multidrug resistant tuberculosis” OR “MDR-TB” OR “Drug resistant TB” OR “Risk factors of MDR-TB” OR “Predictors of MDR-TB” | 25,448 |
| #2 | “HIV” OR “Human Immunodeficiency Virus” | 192,835 |
| #3 | #1 AND #2 | 20,070 |
| Searching date starting from 01/01/2010 to 30/07/2020 | ||