Abstract
Actinomycosis is a rare invasive bacterial disease that is characterised by granulomatous inflammation often mistaken as malignancy. Traditionally, this has been managed with prolonged courses of antibiotics with durations up to 6–12 months. Surgical intervention as an adjuvant treatment has been shown to reduce the length of antibiotic treatment significantly to 4 weeks. We report a case of cervicofacial actinomycosis in a 12-year-old girl who was adequately treated with an 11-day course of antibiotics without surgical intervention and shows no signs of recurrence at 6 months post-treatment.
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