Can tuberculosis be 100% cured?

Yes Tuberculosis (TB) is 100% curable if treated with the approved four drug combination for a minimum of six to nine months for drug sensitive tuberculosis and eighteen months for drug resistant tuberculosis.
Patient will start feeling better within two to four weeks after starting treatment. However, it is very important to complete the whole course of antibiotics to kill live as well as dormant bacilli or; else the disease will get worse if you default the treatment.
If you do not complete the treatment properly or do not adhere to the given treatment course, then the TB bacteria may increase in numbers and become resistant to your treatment and symptoms may worsen.This is called drug-resistant TB. It is more complex and harder to get rid of and it may take longer to treat . And you will start spreading the disease again to other individuals.
Pulmonary TB may leave a scar in the lung , also known as TB sequalae. Few patients get obstructive defect and may have breathing difficulty and persistent cough which needs additional treatment.