Moreover, further reduction to the topmost classifiers for DR-TB vs DS-TB (IL-17, IL-5 and TNF-α), DS-TB vs LTB (IL-1α, IL-5 and IL-10) and LTB vs HC (IL-17, IL-2 and IFN-γ) may account for 100% accuracy in discriminating between them. Here, TNF is linked to tuberculosis.