Clinical scoring systems for diagnosing tuberculous meningitis: A systematic review

Table 3 Overview of scores without external validation

Ref.	Sensitivity	Specificity	Clinical criteria	Laboratory criteria	Microbiological/histopathological criteria	Radiological criteria	Country
Yang et al[35], 2019	97.0-98.0	81.0-82.0	√	√	X	X	China
Goenka et al[36], 2018	93.0-100	89.0-93.0	√	√	√	X	South Africa
Wen et al[37], 2022	96.0	86.0	√	√	X	X	China
Vibha et al[10], 2012	95.7	97.6	√	√	X	X	India
Ersoy et al[38], 2012	95.5	100	√	√	X	X	Turkey
Solari et al[39], 2018	94.9	52.6-94.7	√	√	X	X	Peru
Chusri et al[40], 2018	92.0	89.0	√	√	X	√	Thailand
Lee et al[41], 2018	89.4	80.4	√	√	X	X	South Korea
Solomons et al[42] 20161	97.0	48.0-78.0	√	√	√	√	South Africa
	79.0	48.0-78.0	√	√	√	√
He et al[43], 2021	87.0	94.0	√	√	X	X	China
Dendane et al[44], 2013	86.0-88.0	93.0-95.0	√	√	√	√	Morocco
Lu et al[45], 2021	81.0-85.8	86.3-87.7	√	√	X	√	China
Luo et al[46], 2021	81.6	91.8	X	√	X	X	China
Fong et al[24], 2023	81.5	88.1	√	√	X	√	China
Handryastuti et al[47], 20231	47.1	95.1	√	X	X	√	Indonesia
Patel et al[48], 2010	38.0	93.0	√	√	X	X	South Africa

¹Validated in the paediatric population. Refer to Supplementary Table 3 for further details.