Journal of the American College of Certified Wound Specialists
Volume 1, Issue 3 , Pages 95-100 , July 2009

Primary Actinomycosis of the Foot: A Case Report and Literature Review

  • Jacob Bettesworth, MD

      Affiliations

    • Kansas City School of Medicine and Biosciences, Kansas City, KS, USA
    • ,
  • Kirandeep Gill, MD

      Affiliations

    • Kansas City School of Medicine and Biosciences, Kansas City, KS, USA
    • ,
  • Jayesh Shah, MD

      Affiliations

    • Southwest Center for Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine, Southwest General Hospital, San Antonio, TX, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.

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 Conflict of interest: The authors report no conflicts of interest.

PII: S1876-4983(09)00090-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jcws.2009.06.004

Journal of the American College of Certified Wound Specialists
Volume 1, Issue 3 , Pages 95-100 , July 2009

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