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. 2012 Mar 21;7(3):e33129. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033129

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)