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Early diagnosis and treatment are very important for the prognosis and the diagnosis of abdominal TB is still difficult.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec id=\"sec002\">\n<jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>We searched PubMed, the Cochrane Library, Embase, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, and the Wanfang database for studies evaluating the diagnostic accuracy of NAATs for abdominal TB until August 2020. Any types of study design with full text were sought and included. The risk of bias was assessed using the Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies tool. Subgroup analysis, meta-regression analysis and sensitivity analysis were used to explore the sources of heterogeneity. Stata version 15.0 with the <jats:italic>midas<\/jats:italic> command packages was used to carry out meta-analyses.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec id=\"sec003\">\n<jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>We included a total of 78 independent studies from 53 articles; 64 with CRS as the reference standard, and 14 with culture as the reference standard. The pooled sensitivity, specificity, and the areas under summary receiver operating characteristic (SROC) curves (AUC) were 58% (51%\u201364%; I<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup> = 87%), 99% (97%\u201399%; I<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup> = 81%), and 0.92 (0.89\u20130.94) compared with CRS, respectively. The pooled sensitivity, specificity, and the AUC values of the SROC were 80% (66%\u201390%; I<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup> = 56%), 96% (92%\u201398%; I<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup> = 84%), and 0.97 (0.95\u20130.98) compared with culture, respectively. 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