Definitions
DISEASE, RECRUITMENT, TUBERCULOSIS, RELAPSE
Individuals were followed up regularly as per the plan mentioned before, to detect for sputum smear conversion (From AFB positive smear during recruitment to AFB negative during the treatment phase with ATT), Sputum Culture Conversion (From MGIT culture positive at recruitment to MGIT culture negative during the treatment phase with ATT). Treatment was considered complete if the subject completed both the intensive and continuation phase without any clinical deterioration and microbiological evidence of disease. Subject was declared cured after treatment completion when both sputum smear and Sputum Culture samples were negative for M tuberculosis. Relapse was defined in a patient who after being declared cured was found to be Sputum Smear or Culture positive [