Author/Authors :
Kalender, Ali Murat Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Turkey , Baykan, Halit Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Turkey , Özkan, Fuat Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Radiology, Turkey , Çıralık, Harun Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Pathology, Turkey , Öztürk, Perihan Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Dermatology, Turkey , Gül, Mustafa Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Microbiology, Turkey , Uçmak, Hasan Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Infectious Disease, Turkey
Abstract :
Madura foot is a rare, loca, chronic granulomatous skin infection which commonly affects the adult male foot. Medical treatment reduces the size of the lesion but surgical excision is necessary for radical treatment. We present a case of a 59 year old male farmer diagnosed as actinomadura of the right foot treated with medical treatment, total excision, negative pressure wound therapy and split thickness skin graft.
