Welcome to the MDCH TB Control Program website! Within this site, you will find information regarding education and training, TB statistics, guidelines for health care professionals and basic TB information for the public. If you have questions regarding the content or if you are unable to find information, please contact the TB Control Program at 517-335-8165.

The MDCH TB Control Program collaborates with public and private health care professionals to promote effective diagnosis, treatment, and management of persons affected by tuberculosis and to prevent the spread tuberculosis in the community.

What's New  

• Dr. Dana Kissner, TB Director of Clinical Services in Detroit, has developed a presentation to provide inpatient guidance for providers to improve the diagnosis, initial management, and reporting of TB suspects and TB cases (laboratory confirmed cases, clinical cases, and provider diagnosed cases).
  
  "Tuberculosis: Suspect, Case, Reporting"

• In December 2011, CDC's Division of Tuberculosis Elimination (DTBE) and Division of Global Migration and Quarantine (DGMQ) released guidelines to assist EDN (Electronic Disease Notification) users on completing TB follow-up worksheets for aliens classified with a class B TB status. 

EDN Tuberculosis Follow-up Guide

• CDC releases guidelines for the use of a new treatment regimen for latent TB infection (LTBI). The new regimen is a combination of Isoniazid (INH) and Rifapentine (RPT) given in 12 once-weekly doses using directly observed therapy (DOT).

Recommendations for Use of an Isoniazid-Rifapentine Regimen with Direct Observation to Treat Latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection (MMWR 2011; 60: 1650-1653)

• The MDCH TB Program is undergoing many changes:
  
  
  • The MDCH TB Program will be writing and circulating a quarterly (Summer, Fall, Winter, Spring) TB update called "TB TidBits." If you wish to receive quarterly electronic mailings of "TB TidBits," please contact Katie Dotson.  
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  • The Tuberculosis Genotyping Management System (TB GIMS) is the new, web-based system, the CDC and MDCH are using to track and analyze TB genoytpe clusters. Contact Noreen Mollon for more information.

Contact Us 

Michigan Department of Community Health
TB Program
201 Townsend St., 5th Floor
Lansing, MI 48913

Phone: 517.335.8165
Fax: 517.335.8263

Email: 

• Peter Davidson, Ph.D 
  TB Program Coordinator
• Vernard Green, MSPH 
  Senior Public Health Advisor/CDC
  TB Control Liaison
• Noreen Mollon, MS 
  TB Epidemiologist
• Patty Raines, RN, MSN 
  TB Nurse Consultant
• Katie Dotson, RN, BSN 
  TB Nursing Specialist

TB TidBits 

• Volume 1, Issue 1 - Summer 2011 
• Volume 1, Issue 2 - Fall 2011