As the SNPs of this study had not yet been evaluated on PCM patients, we also compiled previous reports on the IL18 (-607 C/A, rs1946518 and -137 G/C, rs187238), IL12A (-504 G/T, rs2243115), and IFNGR1 (-611 A/G, rs13277474) SNPs and their association with diverse infectious diseases (Supplementary Tables 1–3, respectively). Here, IL18 is linked to infectious disease.