State-Specific Tuberculosis Information :: MISSOURI

TB Controller

Harvey Marx, Jr.
TB Control Officer
Communicable Disease and Prevention Section
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
930 Wildwood Drive
P O Box 570
Jefferson City, Missouri 65102
Phone: (573) 751-6113Fax: (573) 526-0235
Email: harvey.marx@dhss.mo.gov

TB Focal Point

David L. Oeser
TB Control/Refugee Health Coordinator
Bureau of Communicable Disease Control and Prevention
Missouri Dept of Health and Senior Services
P. O. Box 570
Jefferson City, Missouri 65102-0570
Phone: (573) 751-6411Fax: (573) 526-0234
Email: david.oeser@dhss.mo.gov

TB Program and Website

State of Missouri
Department of Health and Senior Services
http://www.dhss.mo.gov/Tuberculosis/

TB Medical Consultation Process

Clinicians and local public health nurses treating residents of Missouri are encouraged to contact the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services TB Control Program at (573) 751-6122 and ask to speak to a TB Program person for standard recommendations for the diagnosis and treatment of latent and active tuberculosis. For medical consultation regarding more complicated TB cases, such as MDR-TB, XDR-TB, or complicated HIV TB, please contact the Heartland National TB Center.

Last Updated: August 28, 2009