For comparison, the 13-gene FAILURE signature reported by Thompson et al.9 measured at diagnosis that predicted TB treatment failure with an AUC of 0.87, and the 3-gene (GBP5, DUSP3 and KLF2) TB score reported by Warsinske et al.21 with an AUC of 0.93. This evidence concerns the gene GBP5 and tuberculosis.