Hepatobiliary tuberculosis in the developing world

Table 3 Quality assessment of included cases of hepatobiliary and miliary tuberculosis

Ref.	Case number	Selection	Ascertainment		Causality				Reporting	Quality assessment
		Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Q5	Q6	Q7	Q8
		Did the patient(s) represent the whole case(s) of the medical center?	Was the exposure adequately ascertained?	Was the outcome adequately acertained?	Were other alternative causes that may explain the observation ruled out?	Was there a response to the specific treatment for tuberculosis?	Was there a histological confirmation of the diagnosis?	Was follow-up long enough for outcomes to occur?	Is the case(s) described with sufficient details to allow other investigators to replicate the research or to allow practitioners make inferences related to their own practice?
Patel et al[44], 2016	1	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	High
Patel et al[44], 2016	1	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	High
Sahin et al[45], 2014	35	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Low
Diallo et al[46], 2016	1	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	High
Ozin et al[47], 2010	1	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	High
Jain et al[48], 2017	1	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	High
Chang et al[49], 2018	4	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	High
Yamashita et al[50], 2014	1	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Low
Yamane et al[51], 2010	1	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	High
Ratanarapee et al[52], 1991	1	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	High
Tewari et al[53], 2009	1	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	High
Li et al[54], 2015	1	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	High
Hickey et al[35], 1999	2	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	High
Gaspar et al[55], 2018	12	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Mod
Musumba et al[56], 2013	1	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	High
Poplin et al[57], 2020	1	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	High
Huang et al[21], 2003	5	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	High
Zhang et al[29], 2014	1	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	High