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RD predisposes patients to viral and fungal infections typical of SCID as well as serious bacterial infections atypical in the neonatal period in other SCID types. RD is also associated with sensorineural hearing loss not typically seen in other forms of SCID. Without rapid diagnosis and curative hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, RD is fatal within days to months due to overwhelming bacterial infection. The inclusion of the T cell receptor excision circle assay nationally in 2017 on the newborn screen has facilitated diagnosis of SCID in the neonatal period. This case reports on a male infant with RD who presented after preterm birth with severe cytopenias and a gastrointestinal anomaly and ultimately developed severe bacterial sepsis. Postmortem bone marrow evaluation and panel-based gene sequencing identifying 2 novel variants in the adenylate kinase 2 gene provided confirmation for a diagnosis of RD. This case emphasizes the importance of thorough diagnostic evaluation, including the newborn screen, in neonates and infants with persistent and unexplained cytopenias. 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