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.

Location

Children’s Outpatients, ground floor, Pink Zone, University Hospital Lewisham

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Contact

020 8333 3216

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Who we can help

Any child under the age of 16 with confirmed or suspected TB.

Conditions we can treat

  • 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

Services available

  • A nurse-led TB contact tracing clinic held weekly on Monday and Wednesday afternoons
  • Paediatric MDT TB clinic – hed on the first, second and third Friday of the month
  • Nurse led clinic for Directly Observed Therapy (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 the NHS e-Referal Service.


Why choose the Lewisham Children’s Tuberculosis Service?

We see 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)