TB clinical presentation is complex. This is because TB may involve any tissue or organ, the severity of symptoms range from none to overwhelming, the tempo of the illness ranges from indolent to rapid, symptoms/ findings may be local or systematic, the presentation varies in immunocompromised and diagnostic tests such as TST or IGRA cannot provide an official diagnosis alone. Due to the complexity of TB, clinician’s may find difficulty in recognising. TB presentation. Dr Hazel Goldberg provides an insight into understanding TB clinical presentation.
Dr Hazel Goldberg is a Respiratory Consultant who runs the Tuberculosis clinic at the Prince of Wales Hospital in Randwick, Sydney. She oversees services which include diagnosing and managing active TB, screening for latent TB infection (LTBI) among health care workers, those exposed to TB, migrants and the immune suppressed and treating LTBI, organising radiology surveillance as well as BCG vaccination service.