Table 3. Comparison of responses in M. Africanum versus M. Tuberculosis infected TB cases.

Stimulation	Group	n =	IFN-γ	TNF-α	IL-10	IL-12(p40)	IL-13	IL-17	IL-18
PPD	TB CASE	21	2832[822–5679]	346[83–602]	97[24–236]	265[14–488]	35[10–45]	118[28–172]	2[0–9]
	MA CASE	14	2495[1120–6082]	529[126–750]	152[62–301]	152[0–499]	28[13–49]	116[76–222]	0[0–6]
EC	TB CASE	21	440[130–1472]	44[0–122]	7[0–58]	0[0–103]	6[0–19]	57[0–82]	0[0–0.9]
	MA CASE	14	360[0–590]	115[0–137]	0[0–13]	74[0–373]	1.2[0–11]	0[0–48]	0[0–0.5]
TB10.4	TB CASE	21	338[120–496]	455[154–937]	73[0–237]	613[107–943]	0[0–5]	0[0–42]	1[0–9]
	MA CASE	14	252[0–1930]	744[414–1924]	163[22–406]	939[80–2666]	0[0–10]	0[0–80]	0.7[0–6]

TB = M. tuberculosis, MA = M. africanum. 0 = below limit of detection for assay; after background subtraction, negative values were converted to 0.