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Table 2 Diagnostic criteria for active pulmonary tuberculosis in each included study

From: Diagnostic accuracy of interferon-gamma release assays for diagnosis of smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Study

Isolation of M. tuberculosis

Caseous granulomatous inflammation in histopathology

Clinical improvement after anti-TB treatment

Cattamanchi et al

✓

X

X

Lee et al

✓

✓

✓

Leung et al

✓

X

✓

SA Kabeer et al

✓

X

✓

Ling et al

✓

X

X

Lui et al

✓

✓

✓

Jung et al

✓

X

✓

Taki-Eddin et al

✓

✓

✓

Qian et al

✓

✓

✓

Park et al

✓

✓

✓

Qiu et al

✓

X

✓

Xia et al

X

X

✓

Azghay et al

✓

✓

✓

Phetsuksiri et al

✓

X

✓

Yang et al

✓

✓

✓

Whitworth et al

✓

X

✓

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