Piersimoni and colleagues27 | AMTD | 327 (236) | Respiratory and gastric aspirates | 95.9* | 98.9* | 94.0* | 99.2* | 100* | 100* | 100* | 100* | 87.5* | 98.8* | 82.3* | 99.2* |
| Amplicor | | | 85.4* | 99.6* | 97.9* | 97.1* | 97.0* | 100* | 100* | 99.6* | 66.8* | 99.6* | 93.3* | 97.4* |
Della-Latta and Whittier28 | AMTD | 1385 | Respiratory | 97.1* | 99.5* | – | – | 100* | 100* | – | – | 92.9* | 99.5* | – | – |
| | | | 88.7† | 95.3† | – | – | 97.4† | 78.6† | – | – | 75.0† | 95.5† | – | – |
| Amplicor | 1380 | | 96.7* | 100* | – | – | 97.4* | 100* | – | – | 95.9* | 100* | – | – |
| | | | 87.5† | 99.7† | – | – | 97.4† | 92.9† | – | – | 79.2† | 99.8† | – | – |
Piersimoni and colleagues29 | AMTD II‡ | 273 | Respiratory | 92.8* | 99.4* | 98.5* | 97.0* | 100* | 100* | 100* | 100* | 85.3* | 99.4* | 96.7* | 97.3* |
| LCx | | | 75.7† | 98.8† | 96.4† | 90.5† | 91.6† | 100† | 100† | 98.3† | 58.8† | 98.8† | 90.9† | 92.7† |
| AMTD II | 184 | Non-respiratory | 78.6* | 99.3* | 95.6* | 96.2* | 100* | 100* | 100* | 100* | 64.7* | 99.3* | 91.7* | 96.2* |
| LCx | | | 53.6† | 99.3† | 93.7† | 92.1† | 81.8† | 100† | 100† | 98.8† | 35.3† | 99.3† | 85.7† | 93.2† |
Eing and colleagues30 | Cobas Amplicor | 1681 | Respiratory and non-respiratory | 66.3* | 99.7* | 94.4* | 97.7* | 87.5* | – | – | 99.4* | 56.5* | 99.7* | 90.7* | 97.9* |
| | | | 76.9† | 98.6† | 70.2† | 99.0† | 96.4† | 75.0† | 96.4† | 75.0† | 62.2† | 98.6† | 53.5† | 99.1† |
| In house IS6110 based PCR | | | 91.1* | 99.8* | 97.9* | 99.4* | 96.9* | – | – | 99.4* | 88.4* | 99.8* | 96.8* | 99.5* |
| | | | 90.8† | 97.6† | 62.7† | 99.6† | 100† | 25.0† | 90.3† | 100† | 83.8† | 97.6† | 46.2† | 99.3† |
Gamboa and colleagues31 | Cobas Amplicor | 755 (450) | Respiratory | 92.4* | 100* | 100* | 96.5* | 100* | – | – | – | 59.6* | – | – | – |
| Manual Amplicor | | | 90.8* | 100* | 100* | 95.8* | 100* | – | – | – | 51.0* | – | – | – |
Ichiyama and colleagues32 | BDProbeTec-SDA TB | 530 (299) | Sputum | 94.7* | 99.8* | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Amplicor TB | | | 89.5* | 100* | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| BDProbeTec-SDA MAC | | | 82.8* | 98.3* | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Amplicor MAC | | | 79.3* | 100* | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |