Table 2. TB treatment outcomes by HIV status in new TB cases diagnosed in 6 States of Brazil between 2003 and 2008.
| TB treatment outcomes | |||||||||||
| HIV Status | Total (N) | Cure (N, %) | Default (N, %) | Death (N, %) | Transfer (N, %) | MDR-TB (N, %) | |||||
| Negative | 87693 | 75185 | (85.7) | 6185 | (7.0) | 3652 | (4.2) | 2608 | (3.0) | 63 | (0.07) |
| Positive | 20426 | 11369 | (55.7) | 2792 | (13.7) | 4705 | (23.0) | 1536 | (7.5) | 24 | (0.12) |
| Test requested but no result recorded | 10035 | 7568 | (75.4) | 1166 | (11.6) | 736 | (7.3) | 563 | (5.6) | 2 | (0.02) |
| Test not done | 40043 | 27953 | (69.8) | 4570 | (11.4) | 5016 | (12.5) | 2478 | (6.2) | 26 | (0.06) |
| Total | 158197 | 122075 | (77.2) | 14713 | (9.3) | 14109 | (8.9) | 7185 | (4.5) | 115 | (0.07) |