rare case of caniform osteomyelitis of actinomycet due to foreign - body is reported

ABSTRACT

Actinomycosis is a slow growing infection due to gram positive, anaerobic, or microaerophilic bacteria. A 19 years old man with foot pain witch has a history of trauma last year Trauma caused a mild erythema swelling and tendernss and heald spontenously after one year he had foot pain during playing football. He didn't have fever, cell counts were normal and the MRI had abnormal signal in medial portion of left foot and bone and soft tissue inflammation, in culture from operation room actinomyces species growed. The patient didn't have mycetoma triad and actinomyces probably due to foreign body [wood] peneterated. This disease is rare and reported to increase knowledge of the system