TABLE 1.

Characteristics of the included studies and their respective participants

Study no.	Authors (reference)	Yr	Country	Age category	Sputum smear	Study design	Reference standard	Preanalytic procedure	Sample size	TP	FP	FN	TN
1	Theron et al. (9)	2013	South Africa	Adults	Negative	Prospective	Culture (liquid)	Yes	152	25	5	2	120
2	Barnard et al. (11)	2015	South Africa	Adults	Negative	Retrospective	Culture (liquid)	No	112	36	9	3	64
							CRSa		112	39	6	5	62
3	Feliciano et al. (12)	2019	Brazil	Adults	Positive	Retrospective	Culture (liquid)	Unclear	348	19	8	1	320
							CRS		348	22	5	1	320
4	Gowda et al. (13)	2018	India	Adults	Negative	Prospective	Culture (liquid)	No	56	13	11	3	29
							CRS		60	24	0	28	8
5	Khalia and Butt (14)	2014	Pakistan	Adults	Negative	Prospective	Culture (liquid)	Unclear	93	79	2	7	5
6	Kilaru et al. (15)	2019	India	Adults	Negative	Prospective	Culture (liquid)	No	56	9	22	1	24
7	To et al. (16)	2018	Hong Kong	Adults	Positive	Prospective	Culture (uncertain)	Unclear	223	32	7	6	178
							CRS		223	36	3	9	175
8	Lee et al. (17)	2018	Korea	Adults	Negative	Retrospective	Culture (both)	No	132	31	0	7	94
9	Lu et al. (18)	2018	China	Adults	Positive	Retrospective	Culture (both)	Unclear	238	49	2	9	178
							CRS		238	62	2	23	151
10	Mok et al. (19)	2016	Singapore	Adults	Negative	Retrospective	Culture (liquid)	Unclear	158	30	0	14	112
11	Le Palud et al. (20)	2014	France	Adults	Negative	Retrospective	Culture (liquid)	Yes	162	16	2	4	140
							CRS		162	18	0	12	132
12	Pan et al. (21)	2018	China	Adults	Positive	Prospective	Culture (liquid)	Yes	190	64	18	13	95
							CRS		190	80	2	51	57
13	Saini et al. (22)	2018	India	Children	Positive	Prospective	Culture (liquid)	Unclear	41	9	15	2	15
14	Silva et al. (23)	2018	Brazil	Adults	Positive	Retrospective	Culture (solid)	Unclear	199	19	9	0	171
15	Ullah et al. (24)	2017	Pakistan	Adults	Positive	Prospective	Culture (uncertain)	Yes	88	32	6	8	42
16	Walters et al. (25)	2013	South Africa	Children	Positive	Prospective	Culture (liquid)	No	14	7	2	2	3
17	Xu et al. (26)	2019	China	Adults	Positive	Prospective	Culture (uncertain)	Yes	182	75	3	2	102
18	Yin et al. (27)	2014	China	Children	Positive	Prospective	CRS	Unclear	251	44	0	39	168
19	Jo et al. (28)	2016	Korea	Adults	Positive	Retrospective	Culture (uncertain)	Unclear	320	59	47	5	209
							CRS		320	104	2	26	188

^aCRS, composite reference standard.