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This prospective study investigated the association between disease severity, imaging findings and vitamin C levels.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>This study enrolled 109 patients with confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis based on <jats:italic>Mycobacterium tuberculosis<\/jats:italic> culture. Patients were divided into two groups based on serum vitamin C levels: 59 patients (54.13%) with normal levels and 50 (45.87%) with low levels.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>At baseline, patients in the low vitamin C group showed significantly higher bacillar loads, with 86.00% presenting loads of 2+ or higher compared with 59.32% in the normal group (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001). After 2 months of treatment, 83.05% of the normal vitamin C group achieved culture conversion, while only 28.00% of the low vitamin C group reached the same milestone (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001). CT imaging at baseline revealed that the low vitamin C group had a significantly higher mean frequency of the tree-in-bud pattern (2.66 vs. 2.05; <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001). Cavitary lesions were more prevalent in the low vitamin C group, in the superior right lobe (0.34 vs. 0.13; <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.011) and superior left lobe (0.34 vs. 0.14; <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.012). After 6 months of treatment, the low vitamin C group exhibited a higher prevalence of bronchiectasis (mean involvement in both lungs: 0.58 vs. 0.16; <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001), cavitary lesions (0.32 vs. 0.00; <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.002), and fibrosis (0.90 vs. 0.36; <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001). Pulmonary function tests showed greater impairment in the low vitamin C group. The forced expiratory volume decreased by 5.77% compared to 3.59% in the normal group (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001), the forced vital capacity (FVC) decreased by 12.00% vs. 6.67% (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001), and the Tiffeneau index by 3.34 vs. 2.13 (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.002). Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis indicated that FVC (AUC = 0.826) and forced expiratory flow (AUC = 0.745) were stronger predictors of treatment success in patients with normal vitamin C levels.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Vitamin C deficiency is correlated with increased disease severity, delayed bacterial clearance, and persistent pulmonary damage in patients with tuberculosis. 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