Treatment Outcome	Description
Cured	A patient with bacteriologically confirmed tuberculosis at the beginning of treatment who was urine smear- or culture-negative in the last month of treatment and on at least one previous occasion.
Treatment completed	A tuberculosis patient who completed treatment without evidence of failure but with no record to show that urine smear or culture results in the last month of treatment and on at least one previous occasion were negative, either because tests were not done or because results are unavailable. A patient with clinically diagnosed tuberculosis who did not have clinical symptoms at the end of treatment, such as normalization of urine, blood tests, and X-ray of the urinary tract.
Treatment failed	A patient with bacteriologically confirmed tuberculosis at the beginning of treatment whose urine smear or culture was positive at month 5 or later during treatment. A patient with clinically diagnosed tuberculosis who had deterioration of urine tests, blood tests, or X-ray of the urinary tract at month 5 or later during treatment.
Died	A tuberculosis patient who died for any reason before starting or during the course of treatment.
Lost to follow-up	A tuberculosis patient who did not start treatment or whose treatment was interrupted for 2 consecutive months or more.