In this episode, released to coincide with World TB Day 2024, Dr Ben Warner discusses pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) with Dr David Connell.

Dr David Connell first explains his personal interest in TB. They then discuss pulmonary TB in depth, including: epidemiology; pathogenesis, immune response, and transmission (a 'lymphatic disease with respiratory spread'); how TB presents and differential diagnoses; latent TB infection and reactivation; and management including the importance of the multidisciplinary team (MDT) and the role of public health in contact tracing and the end goal of elimination.

Dr David Connell completed higher specialist training in Respiratory and General Internal Medicine in North-West London including at St.Mary’s Hospital, where he completed a PhD in the immunology of Tuberculosis, before becoming a Consultant at Ninewells Hospital in 2017 where he has a specialist interest in Complex Pulmonary Infections and TB. He is Co-Chair of the Scottish Health Protection Tuberculosis Network and is a Clinical Service Advisor to the BTS MDR-TB Advice Service.

Dr Ben Warner is a Respiratory Medicine Specialty Registrar with clinical and academic experience of global public health, having completed the LSHTM’s East African Diploma in Tropical Medicine and then worked for 18 months in rural South Africa, where he encountered the sharp end of the global TB pandemic. He is currently undertaking a PhD in multimorbidity in Malawi as part of the Wellcome-funded Multimorbidity PhD Programme for Health Professionals fellow with the University of Glasgow.

Recording date: 1 March 2024

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