IL6 and tuberculosis: In S. pneumoniae stimulations, percentages of IL-6+ and TNF-α+ monocyte counts (q = 0.003) and IL-6+ absolute monocyte (q = 0.003) counts were lower in HIV-tuberculosis patients (Figure 1), as were percentages and absolute counts of IL-6+ (q = 0.003) and TNF-α+ (q = 0.01) neutrophils.