{"id":11629,"date":"2023-08-31T09:29:50","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T13:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/?p=11629"},"modified":"2023-08-31T09:29:50","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T13:29:50","slug":"boulware-96-successfully-tests-new-fungal-meningitis-therapy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/2023\/08\/31\/boulware-96-successfully-tests-new-fungal-meningitis-therapy\/","title":{"rendered":"Boulware \u201996 successfully tests new fungal meningitis therapy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/08\/Boulware.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/08\/Boulware.jpg\" alt=\"David Boulware '96\" class=\"wp-image-11630\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:250px;height:250px\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/08\/Boulware.jpg 368w, https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/08\/Boulware-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/08\/Boulware-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A team of <a href=\"https:\/\/med.umn.edu\/news\/u-m-research-team-successfully-tests-new-antifungal-therapy-fungal-meningitis\">University of Minnesota Medical School<\/a> researchers led by Dr. David R. Boulware successfully tested a new antifungal therapy to treat fungal meningitis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The research team tested a new oral formulation of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.startribune.com\/university-of-minnesota-tests-drug-against-deadly-fungal-infection-hiv-uganda-amphotericin\/600298935\/?gift=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzYW1sX2lkIjoxMjMsImFydGljbGVfaWQiOjYwMDI5ODkzNSwic3Vic2NyaXB0aW9uX2lkIjoxMzU2NTMxOSwicmVhc29uIjoiZ2lmdCIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnN0YXJ0cmlidW5lLmNvbS9naWZ0LWFydGljbGUvNjAwMjk4OTM1IiwiaWF0IjoxNjkyNzM5MjU2LCJleHAiOjE2OTM5NDg4NTZ9.UtNi-5GMXSatTxSopdKkGdAy39jTa7Jc_VI7EPFwmWM&amp;utm_campaign=gift_an_article&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=share-bar\">antifungal medication amphotericin <\/a>among people who had HIV and cryptococcal meningitis\u2014a common fungal infection around the brain. Cryptococcal meningitis is the most common cause of central nervous system infection in people living with HIV worldwide. In this randomized trial, 141 HIV-positive people with cryptococcal meningitis received the oral amphotericin combined with oral flucytosine<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While at Wabash, Boulware was a member of Phi Kappa Psi and majored in chemistry. He is now an infectious disease expert and distinguished associate professor at the University of Minnesota.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A team of University of Minnesota Medical School researchers led by Dr. David R. Boulware successfully tested a new antifungal therapy to treat fungal meningitis. 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