CXCL8 and tuberculosis: The concentration of CCL4/MIP-1 beta in whole blood cells during the response to LID-1 was elevated in PB patients compared with that in ECs or TB patients (median 1379 vs. 338, and 362.2 pg/ml, p = 0.0217, and 0.0242, respectively), as was the concentration of CXCL8/IL-8 between PB patients and ECs (median 1325 vs. 349.8 pg/ml, p = 0.0355) and the concentration of G-CSF between PB patients and HHCs (median 70.75 vs. 51.43 pg/ml, p = 0.0214).