Definitions
| Cure | Patient who is smear negative at (or 1 month before) the completion of treatment and on at least one previous occasion |
| Treatment completed | Patient who has completed treatment but for whom smear results are not available on at least two occasions before the completion of treatment |
| Treatment failure | Patient who remains or becomes smear positive 5 months or more after starting treatment |
| Defaulted | Patient whose treatment has been interrupted for more than 2 consecutive months before the end of the course of treatment |