Life-threatening autoimmune hemolytic anemia in a patient with the acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
Increasing numbers of patients are being seen with the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). An abnormal serology with a positive direct antiglobulin test has been observed in these patients and is usually not thought to contribute to significant clinical morbidity. We describe a patient with AIDS who presented with a severe hemolytic anemia which was not distinguishable clinically and serologically from the idiopathic form of autoimmune hemolytic anemia.
Rapoport
A P
AP
Department of Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, New York 14642.
Rowe
J M
JM
McMican
A
A
D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D000744:Anemia, Hemolytic, Autoimmune / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology*; D003298:Coombs Test; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male