In pre-XDR/XDR-TB patients, effector cells primed by mo-DCs matured with ECAT + C secreted higher levels of IL-6 and RANTES compared to effector cells primed by mo-DCs matured with ECAT only (IL-6: p = 0.008; RANTES: p = 0.05). Here, CCL5 is linked to tuberculosis.