Blood transfusion security: one train may conceal another!

Trueba, F.; Clavier, B.; Bertin, B.; Noizat-Pirenne, F.; Janus, G.; Joussemet, M.

Annales de Biologie Clinique 62(3): 353-355

2004


ISSN/ISBN: 0003-3898
PMID: 15217772
Document Number: 575647
The discovery of antibodies with specificities that are. directed toward antigens of high prevalence is a difficult situation to manage in emergency blood transfusion. The reactions they produce interfere with the identification of reactions due to other, clinically significant antibodies. We report a case which illustrates this problem in terms of transfusion safety and time to carry out the tests.

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