Next in the series of interviews from the 4th Annual Amoeba Summit hosted by the Jordan Smelski Foundation, I talked to Asst. Medical Director for Emergency Medicine for AdventHealth, Altamonte Springs.

Dr Valente discussed the role of the ER physician and a potential amoebic meningitis case.

 

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