Many studies have tried to use the combinations of different immunodiagnostic biomarkers such as EGF and TGF‐α; IL‐1RA, IP‐10, and VEGF; IL‐2 and INF‐γ; IL‐15 and MCP‐1; TNF‐α, IL‐12p40, and IL‐17; EGF, MIP‐1β, sCD40L, and IL‐1α to improve the sensitivity of TB diagnosis.16, 17. Here, TNF is linked to tuberculosis.