DYSKERATOSIS CONGENITA AND A RARE BRAIN ABSCESS

DYSKERATOSIS CONGENITA AND A RARE BRAIN ABSCESS

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...

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Veröffentlicht in:Medicina (Buenos Aires) 2021-09, Vol.81 (5), p.850-852
Hauptverfasser: Bautista Blaquier, Juan, Ignacio Castiglione, Juan, Delorme, Ricardo, Wainsztein, Nestor A.
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Sprache:eng
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General & Internal Medicine
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Medicine, General & Internal
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Zusammenfassung: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.
ISSN:0025-7680
1669-9106