IFNG and tuberculosis: Using Luminex, IL1β, IL2, IL4, IL5, IL6, IL7, IL8, IL10, IL12, IL13, IL17, GCSF, GMCSF, MCP1, MIP1b, IFNγ and TNFα were measured in whole blood assay supernatants (stimulated with Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv and LPS) and serum from 44 Malawian adult TB patients (22 of each outcome) immediately prior to commencing treatment, after 7 days and on day 56 of TB treatment.