Please see the attached Cochrane review on diagnostic accuracy of Xpert for both pulmonary and extra-pulmonary TB in paediatric population.
For pulmonary tuberculosis, 299 data sets (68,544 participants) were available for analysis; for tuberculous meningitis, 10 data sets (423 participants) were available; for lymph node tuberculosis, 10 data sets (318 participants) were available; and for rifampicin resistance, 14 data sets (326 participants) were available.
Kay_et_al-2020-Cochrane_Database_of_Systematic_Reviews.pdf (1.8 MB)