CRP and tuberculosis: A thorough discussion of screening and/or early diagnosis of TB is out of the scope of this review but may include symptom screening, chest radiography, C-reactive protein, and/or rapid diagnostic tests such as Xpert MTB/Rif (Xpert, Cepheid, Sunnyvale, CA, USA) in sputum or lipoarabinomannan (LAM) testing of the urine (Determine TB LAM antigen (AlereLAM), Abbott, Chicago, USA) [3, 8–10].