Table 1.

- Key definitions.

Terms	Definitions
Cured	Patient with lab confirmed TB diagnosis with a negative smear or culture result in the last month of treatment with at least one more previous negative result.16
Treatment completion	TB patient who completed their treatment without any indications or tests suggesting failure.17
Treatment success	Patient with TB who met the criteria for “cured” or “treatment completion”.16
Treatment failure	TB patient with positive smear or culture after 5 months of treatment.16
Death	TB patient who died during his treatment for any reason.16
Relapse	Patients who were treated and labeled as “cured” or “treatment completed”, and now present with a diagnosis of TB either relapsed or reinfected.16
Previously treated	Patient with TB who has received any anti-TB medication.
Treatment unsuccess	Those who fulfill the following definitions: “treatment failure”, “death”, or “relapse”
Loss to follow-up	Patients with an interrupted course of treatment for at least two months.16
Monodrug resistance	Resistance to a single TB medication only.16
MDR Resistance	Patients with isolates resistant to both INH and RIF.16
Resistance to INH	Growth of MTB was >1% with 0.1 μg/mL (low) and 0.4 μg/mL (high).17,18

TB: tuberculosis, INH: isoniazid, RIF: Rifampicin, MTB: Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex