That is, the markers that showed potential individually in discriminating between TB and ORD (C1q, CC3, C3b/iC3b, MIG, IL-12p70, TNFRII, VEGFR3, I-309, MIP-1a, IP-10, G-CSF in PTB vs. ORD) when Norwegian and South African study participants were combined were the same markers that showed potential when EPTB patients were excluded. Here, CCL3 is linked to tuberculosis.