Rare Presentation, Critical Diagnosis: Primary Actinomycosis of the Foot

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

The authors present a very interesting case of a rare entity in an atypical localization: actinomycosis of the foot. The paper raises awareness for dermatologists to consider this diagnosis in their differential workup.
Photos are of high quality.

I have only minor comments:
1. Could the authors consider a better description of findings for Fig. 5. What exactly is visualized by PAS, and where can it be found on the histology? Perhaps use arrows?
2. The Conclusion reads more like a paper summary, and some sentences belong in the Introduction (for instance, treatment options). Those are also mentioned at the end of the Discussion and read very repetitively in the Conclusion that follows a sentence later. Actinomycosis treatments are not actually a Conclusion but textbook knowledge. If the conclusion is written more concisely and only includes proper conclusions, more details on diagnostics could be added instead (description of sulfur granules, PAS, etc.).
3. The authors use present tense in some places where past tense is more appropriate (e.g. when describing the evolution of lesions).

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Reviewer 2 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

Dear authors,

        After reviewing the following manuscript entitled "Rare presentation, critical diagnosis: primary Actinomycosis of the foot” (Dermato-2897703), I sent the following comments and observations that the authors should attend to before its publication in this journal.

I appreciate the work of the authors, but please resolve the following data:

1.      The abstract does not clearly show the results of the case report.

2.      In the images, I recommend that what is representative/suggestive for the presented case be marked in the header.

3.      I recommend the authors to revise the references, respectively to be current, from the last ten years.

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