title: [Apropos of 2 cases of hemolytic anemia in mycoplasma pneumonia].
abstract: The authors present 2 cases of mycoplasmal pneumonia associated with severe haemolysis. Haemolytic anaemia is a well-known and habitually mild complication of the disease. It is related to a peak of cold agglutinins, which are antibodies that agglutinate red blood cells usually at low temperatures but sometimes at 37 degrees C when they are present in high concentrations. The pathogenesis of cold agglutinins is thought to involve the secretion of peroxides by Mycoplasma pneumoniae with alteration of ed cell antigens which become immunogenic.
authors.affiliation: Clinique de Pathologie respiratoire, Centre hospitalier intercommunal de Créteil.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fesq
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Laporte
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mellat
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Piquet
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bignon
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000744:Anemia, Hemolytic, Autoimmune / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D003298:Coombs Test; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006400:Hematocrit; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010545:Peroxides / Q000378:metabolism; D011019:Pneumonia, Mycoplasma / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications*
chemical_list: D010545:Peroxides
vernacular_title: A propos de 2 cas d'anémie hémolytique lors de pneumopathies a mycoplasme.