User talk:Mccull44/sandbox

Assignment 1
Nice job! Medmyco (talk) 23:43, 20 October 2013 (UTC)

Assignment 3 Feedback: Hi there, hope you don't mind that I am reviewing your draft. Seems like you've done a lot of research and I think your topics of interests would be great additions to your article. I'm sure you are still working on it, so it's still in it's early stages, but I think it would be great to see a simple concise statement as a brief introduction to your fungi right before you begin with your subheadings. Other than that, looks good! April pat (talk) 17:00, 31 October 2013 (UTC)

Peer Review
Good start! I found it interesting that your fungus is a zoophile which can infect infants. Maybe add why they are most likely to be infected, i.e. is it because they do not have a fully developed immune system or because they have not received necessary antibodies from breast milk to ward off infection. I also thought it was very interesting that it was first isolated from rhinos, maybe add a history section to expand on this. How did someone just happen to have a rhino that was infected with the fungi? If you have enough material to expand on any of the topics of interest you listed it would definitely improve your article. Good luck! Paola0329 (talk) 01:07, 1 November 2013 (UTC)

Peer Comment
Hello! Good job so far. Your tone is appropriate for an encyclopedia entry, your article is focused on your specific fungus, your subheading categories are effective and you link to other Wikipedia pages when appropriate. Your reference list is also very thorough and has a good mix of both primary and secondary sources. You may consider separating your headings into human and animal pathogenicity, as it seems that this fungus is a more relevant pathogen of animals. Perhaps discussing its impact in veterinary clinic setting or what pet owners should look for in suspected cases might be interesting to include. With regards to the section on treatment of neonatals, the following source may be useful (Chapters 26 and 27 specifically):

Perfect, edited by Mahmoud A. Ghannoum, John R. (2009). Antifungal Therapy. New York: Informa Healthcare. ISBN 9780849387869.

Best of luck with the article! Bmarz436 (talk) 03:06, 2 November 2013 (UTC)