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Severe Haemolytic Anaemia Complicating Infectious Mononucleosis
Author(s) -
Woodruff R. K.,
McPherson A. J.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 0004-8291
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1976.tb03997.x
Subject(s) - mononucleosis , haemolysis , medicine , serology , cold agglutinin , etiology , immunology , virology , pathology , antibody , virus
Summary: Severe haemolytic anaemia complicating infectious mononucleosis. R. K, Woodruff and A. J. McPherson, Aust. N.Z, J. Med., 1976, 6, pp. 569–570. The case record of a patient suffering from infectious mononucleosis, complicated by severe haemolytic anaemia with overt intravascular haemolysis, is reported. Investigation of such cases usually shows a high titre of cold agglutinins with anti‐i specificity. In the case reported, the results of serological investigations were atypical, and suggested that cold agglutinins with anti‐l activity (rather than anti‐i) were predominant in the aetiology of the haemolysis.