At TB treatment initiation, median CD4 count for LAM positive (n = 6) was 68 cells/mm3 (IQR 22.3 - 238.5) compared to 144 cells/mm3 (IQR 66.3 - 175.3) (p = 0.49) for LAM negative (n = 16). This evidence concerns the gene CD4 and tuberculosis.