A delayed transfusion reaction caused by anti-K6.
This case report documents the demonstration of anti-K6 as the single antibody responsible for a delayed transfusion reaction. A 42-year-old white woman received three units of red blood cells for an episode of gastrointestinal bleeding from a duodenal ulcer. Twenty-three days following transfusion, laboratory and clinical evidence of hemolysis was noted. An anti-K6 was identified in the serum and in an eluate prepared from the patient's red blood cells. One of the three units transfused was positive for the K:6 antigen.
D000328:Adult; D000744:Anemia, Hemolytic, Autoimmune / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology; D001789:Blood Group Antigens / Q000276:immunology*; D001787:Blood Group Incompatibility / Q000097:blood* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007626:Kell Blood-Group System / Q000276:immunology*; D013997:Time Factors
D001789:Blood Group Antigens; D007626:Kell Blood-Group System