title: Cold autoagglutinins with anti-Pr specificity associated with fresh varicella infection.
abstract: Cold agglutinins with the rare anti-Pr specificity were identified in an adult patient with fresh varicella infection. The antibody was of the IgM kappa type with subspecificity anti-Pr3d and caused a haemolytic episode in the patient. In the only previously reported case in which cold agglutinins were associated with varicella infection, the antibody specificity was also anti-Pr.
authors.affiliation: Wessex Regional Blood Transfusion Centre, Southampton, UK.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Herron
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Roelcke
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Orson
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Myint
authors.forename: F E
authors.initials: FE
authors.lastname: Boulton
mesh_terms: D000373:Agglutinins / Q000276:immunology*; D000744:Anemia, Hemolytic, Autoimmune / Q000209:etiology*; D001789:Blood Group Antigens / Q000276:immunology*; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D002644:Chickenpox / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology*; D003450:Cryoglobulins; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000276:immunology; D007145:Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains / Q000276:immunology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009102:Multiple Organ Failure / Q000209:etiology; D011024:Pneumonia, Viral / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000373:Agglutinins; D001789:Blood Group Antigens; D003450:Cryoglobulins; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D007145:Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains; C029443:cold agglutinins