New oral treatment for cryptococcal meningitis may increase accessibility of therapy

SKIPPER BOULWARE AHMAS UMN

Drs. Caleb Skipper, Mahsa Abassi and David Boulware collaborated with researchers from Makerere University, Uganda, to study a new oral formulation of a drug (amphotericin B) to treat cryptococcal meningitis. Results of the phase II randomized clinical trial were presented in an oral abstract at the IDWeek conference. READ MORE>>