IL1B and tuberculosis: If, in patients with HIV/TB, IL-1β production was reduced 1.4 times (p < 0.0001) when compared with patients with HIV alone, then in patients with HIV/TB-Rec, cytokine production was reduced by 2.8 times (p < 0.0001) when compared with the group with HIV monoinfection and 3.9 times (p < 0.0001) when compared to the HIV/TB group.