Dyskeratosis congenita and a rare brain abscess.

Medicina (B Aires)

Departamento de Medicina Interna, FLENI, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Published: October 2021

Dyskeratosis congenita is a rare inheritable disease which causes peculiar dermatological features and bone marrow failure with an increased risk of severe infections and neoplasia. Actinomyces spp. is part of the oral cavity flora. Invasive infections are mostly seen in immunocompromised hosts. We report a case of a rare central nervous infection and an underling inheritable disease.

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