Proposed search strategy in Medline
| Search | Query |
| #1 | (‘multidrug-resistant* tuberculosis’ or ‘multidrug-resistant* TB’ or ‘extensively drug-resistant*’ or ‘drug-resistant* tuberculosis’ or ‘MDR-TB’ or ‘XDR-TB’ or ‘DR-TB’).mp.(mp=title, book title, abstract, original title, name of substance word, subject heading word, floating sub-heading word, keyword heading word, organism supplementary concept) word, protocol supplementary concept) word, rare disease supplementary concept) word, unique identifier, synonyms) |
| #2 | (‘tracing’ or ‘contact*’ or ‘investigation’ or ‘household’ or ‘screening’ or ‘infectious disease contact screening’ or ‘household contact’ or ‘close contact*’ or ‘partner notification*’ or ‘index case*’).mp.(mp=title, book title, abstract, original title, name of substance word, subject heading word, floating sub-heading word, keyword heading word, organism supplementary concept) word, protocol supplementary concept) word, rare disease supplementary concept) word, unique identifier, synonyms) |
| #3 | 1 AND 2 |
DR-TB, Drug-resistant Tuberculosis; DS-TB, Drug-susceptible Tuberculosis; MDR-TB, Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis; PRISMA, Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Protocols; TB, Tuberculosis; XDR-TB, Extensive Drug Resistant Tuberculosis.