According to the World Health Organization (WHO), tuberculosis (TB) is the infectious disease responsible for the highest number of deaths worldwide, surpassing even the number of deaths caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The last surveys conducted by WHO pointed out 9.6 million new cases of the disease and 2 million deaths in 2015 . In addition, the emergence and increase of multidrug-resistant (MDR; defined as resistant as a minimum to rifampicin (RMP) and isoniazid (INH)) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR; defined as MDR plus additional resistance to at least one fluoroquinolone and one second-line injectable drug) strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) have been alarming authorities around the world. These tuberculosis strains presents low cure rates and high mortality rates due to difficulties in the treatment . Furthermore, cases of totally drug-resistant tuberculosis (TDR-TB) have been reported in the clinic .