Negative Pressure Wound Therapy and Skin Graft in Madura Foot Treatment

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.

Keywords

• Madura foot
• negative pressure wound therapy
• split thickness skin graft