Tuberculosis (TB) disease is one of the most common diseases among Selangor citizens, Malaysia, due to the high population density, particularly in urban areas and low socioeconomic strata. TB's death rate was nine times higher in Selangor last year, according to the statistics from the Selangor Health Department [1]. There were 3423 cases of TB recorded in 2012 and 5,071 cases of new TB cases recorded in Selangor in
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