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Journal de Mycologie Médicale / Journal of Medical Mycology, 2013
ABSTRACT Fusarium is a filamentous brown fungus found in soil, on plants and outdoors responsible... more ABSTRACT Fusarium is a filamentous brown fungus found in soil, on plants and outdoors responsible for localized or disseminated infections. Diagnosis is based on blood cultures and skin biopsy. Disseminated fusariosis is a rare and serious fungal infection, that occurs especially in neutropenic immunosuppressed patients. Treatment is difficult and mortality is estimated between 50 and 70% in adult patients. This infection is rare in Morocco. We report a case of systemic fusariosis in patient with multiple myeloma during a second autologous stem cell transplant. At day 4 of the autologous stem cells transplant the patient had febrile neutropenia and diarrhea; he received ceftazidime, metronidazole and amikacin for 2 days. The patient still febrile was treated by imipenem and vancomycin without bacteriological proof. At day 10 the patient presented difficulty of breathing and wheezing on auscultation of the lungs, and received nebulization with salbutamol every 6 hours. The CT scan shows interstitial infiltrate of the right lung with micronodules. At day 11 he was treated by voriconazole with clinical improvement. At day 19, Fusarium sp. was identified on the Sabouraud blood culture. The patient left the transplant unit at day 25, he received 6 weeks of voriconazole with clinical and radiological improvement.
Critical thinking as a topic lurks fascinatingly behind and about higher education and profession... more Critical thinking as a topic lurks fascinatingly behind and about higher education and professional development. The scope of research done on critical thinking revolves mainly around how to promote and sharpen student’s critical thinking skills as they are considered to be at the heart of successful academic assertiveness. However, there is another component, namely developmental epistemology, which is central to developing and fostering critical thinking skills and which should be taken into account in pedagogical implications and applications. Epistemological development has been the subject of a number of studies over the last half century that indicate that there is a developmental sequence in learner’s epistemological beliefs and that this influences the manner in which the learners function; significantly affecting their capacity for critical thinking. In particular, this paper looks briefly at the relationship between critical thinking and epistemological development as a process as well as beliefs of the individual learner, both standing for learner’s conceptions of knowledge which impact to a great extent the acquisition of critical thinking skills and the process of critical thinking as a whole.
Keywords: Critical Thinking, epistemology, beliefs, knowledge
Journal de Mycologie Médicale / Journal of Medical Mycology, 2013
ABSTRACT Fusarium is a filamentous brown fungus found in soil, on plants and outdoors responsible... more ABSTRACT Fusarium is a filamentous brown fungus found in soil, on plants and outdoors responsible for localized or disseminated infections. Diagnosis is based on blood cultures and skin biopsy. Disseminated fusariosis is a rare and serious fungal infection, that occurs especially in neutropenic immunosuppressed patients. Treatment is difficult and mortality is estimated between 50 and 70% in adult patients. This infection is rare in Morocco. We report a case of systemic fusariosis in patient with multiple myeloma during a second autologous stem cell transplant. At day 4 of the autologous stem cells transplant the patient had febrile neutropenia and diarrhea; he received ceftazidime, metronidazole and amikacin for 2 days. The patient still febrile was treated by imipenem and vancomycin without bacteriological proof. At day 10 the patient presented difficulty of breathing and wheezing on auscultation of the lungs, and received nebulization with salbutamol every 6 hours. The CT scan shows interstitial infiltrate of the right lung with micronodules. At day 11 he was treated by voriconazole with clinical improvement. At day 19, Fusarium sp. was identified on the Sabouraud blood culture. The patient left the transplant unit at day 25, he received 6 weeks of voriconazole with clinical and radiological improvement.
Critical thinking as a topic lurks fascinatingly behind and about higher education and profession... more Critical thinking as a topic lurks fascinatingly behind and about higher education and professional development. The scope of research done on critical thinking revolves mainly around how to promote and sharpen student’s critical thinking skills as they are considered to be at the heart of successful academic assertiveness. However, there is another component, namely developmental epistemology, which is central to developing and fostering critical thinking skills and which should be taken into account in pedagogical implications and applications. Epistemological development has been the subject of a number of studies over the last half century that indicate that there is a developmental sequence in learner’s epistemological beliefs and that this influences the manner in which the learners function; significantly affecting their capacity for critical thinking. In particular, this paper looks briefly at the relationship between critical thinking and epistemological development as a process as well as beliefs of the individual learner, both standing for learner’s conceptions of knowledge which impact to a great extent the acquisition of critical thinking skills and the process of critical thinking as a whole.
Keywords: Critical Thinking, epistemology, beliefs, knowledge