Meanwhile, comparisons of plasma cytokine levels between TBM and PTB groups revealed significantly higher levels of TNF-α (64.9 ± 53.0 pg/mL versus 4.4 ± 2.6 pg/mL, P < 0.001) and IL-6 (119.8 ± 140.5 pg/mL versus 21.4 ± 26.8 pg/mL, P < 0.05) in the TBM group. The gene discussed is IL6; the disease is meningeal tuberculosis.