Evaluation of IL-2, IL-10, IL-17 and IP-10 as potent discriminative markers for active tuberculosis among pulmonary tuberculosis suspects

Among TB suspects, IL-17 TB Ag response had the highest ability to distinguish active TB followed by IP-10 TBAg-Nil response and the IL-17/IFN-γ-TB Ag response combination improved the detection response. Differentiating active TB is best done using IL-17 as a biomarker, with IP-10 and IL-10 being potential useful.