Tuberculosis
We provide dedicated multidisciplinary care for infants and children with suspected or proven tuberculosis (TB). We hold a weekly screening clinic and three paediatric TB clinics per month.
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Location |
Children’s Outpatients |
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Contact |
020 8333 3216 |
Who is the service for?
Any child under the age of 16 with confirmed or suspected TB.
What conditions are treated?
- Childhood tuberculosis, both suspected and confirmed
- Close contact with smear positive TB in children under 2 years old
- All close contact with positive Mantoux
- Adverse reactions to BCG immunisation
What services are provided?
- Nurse led TB contact tracing clinic – weekly Mondays & Wednesdays PM
- Paediatric MDT TB clinic – 1st, 2nd & 3rd Friday of the month
- Nurse led clinic for DOT
- Home visits for patients on TB medication by the TB nurse specialist
- BCG following contact tracing
- TB outbreak investigation service with HPA (for schools & nurseries)
- Mantoux testing
- Blood tests
- Interferon – gamma release assay (IGRA)
- Radiological Imaging (X-ray, USS, CT scan)
- Bronchoscopy
How can you get a referral?
Children can be referred by their GP.
What else do you need to know?
- Please bring list of medications, growth chart (red book) to all clinic visits.
- Medical students may accompany the consultant to see patients, as part of their training.
- If you no longer need this appointment, or need to change it, please call the appointments line on 020 8333 3216 (Option 2) or re-book your appointment using Choose and Book.
Why choose the Lewisham Children’s Tuberculosis Service?
- Patients are seen within two weeks of referral and the service fulfils the Pan-London targets.
- We work closely with the Health Protection Unit and community Immunisation / BCG clinics held in the borough of Lewisham.
Key staff
- Dr. A Shankar – Consultant Respiratory Paediatrician
- Rita Enuchechie – TB Nurse Specialist (Borough lead)