In my series of short interviews with the experts presenting at the 4th Annual Amoeba Summit, I look at the topic of laboratory diagnosis.

Medical Technologist at AdventHealth in Orlando as the person that found the amoeba in Sebastian DeLeon’s CSF, Shiela Black, MHM, BSMT(ASCP) joins me to recount the day in 2016, the call to the physician and some basics on laboratory diagnosis.

 

Jordan Smelski Foundation

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