In a multivariate regression analysis in the TB patients, eosinophilia (>500 cells/mm3; adjusted OR: 15.2; 95% CI: 1.4–160.3, p = 0.02) and increased IgE-levels (>120 kU/L, adjusted OR: 7.6; 95% CI: 1.2–48.4. This evidence concerns the gene IGHE and Increased total eosinophil count.