Longitudinal Evaluation of Humoral Immunity and Bacterial and Clinical Parameters Reveals That Antigen-Specific Antibodies Suppress Inflammatory Responses in Active Tuberculosis Patients

Table 1

Individual patient characteristics. Severity of smear at entry was subdivided as 0 (no acid-fast bacilli (AFB) on smear), ± (1-2 AFB per 300 fields), 1+ (1–9 AFB per 100 fields), 2+ (more than 10 AFB per 100 fields), and 3+ (more than 10 AFB per fields).

ID	Age	Sex	Smear at entry	CRP at entry (mg/dl)	CRP after 60 days (mg/dl)
1	83	M	1	3.68	0
2	63	F	3	2.39	0.39
3	61	F	2	10.4	3.55
4	64	M	2	0.17	0
5	36	F	2	4.93	1.14
6	43	M	3	0.6	0.18
7	66	M	3	12.79	13.09
8	33	F	2	0.02	0.02
9	56	M	2	0.04	0.05
10	63	M	3	10.45	8.7
11	71	M	3	0.69	0
12	71	M	3	11.31	3.91
13	68	M	3	5.12	5.27
14	69	F	2	2.4	0.17
15	57	M	3	7.36	2.99
16	54	M	3	16.52	1.15
17	83	M	2	2.71	1.28
18	32	M	2	0.11	0.11
19	47	M	3	11.47	4.67
20	46	M	2	0.44	0.06
21	64	M	2	0.85	1.59
22	51	M	2	1.78	0.2
23	68	M	3	1.9	0.83
24	78	F	3	4.2	1.73
25	76	F	2	2.87	1.76
26	38	F	3	0.56	0.5
27	27	F	1	4.73	0.27
28	34	F	2	1.43	0.01
29	54	M	2	6.12	2.8
30	62	F	3	18.63	6.52
31	59	M	2	6.12	7.92
32	27	M	3	4.04	1.66
33	31	M	1	1.76	0.05