Amongst the nine patients with clinical score < 3 and TB diagnosed (4 confirmed TB, 5 clinical TB) all had had been on ART for ≥ 3 months and all reported only one symptom which was cough; median BMI was 24.3 kg/m2 (range 20.3–30.8) and median CD4 was 429 cells/mm3 (range 241–1183). Here, CD4 is linked to tuberculosis.