title: [Acute allergic posttransfusion reaction in a patient with immunoglobulin A deficiency].
abstract: The incidence of selective IgA deficiency in general population is 1:400 to 1:750. When IgA immunodeficient person receives transfusion of blood or plasma, a severe allergic reaction can develop. This report describes a patient who developed a severe acute allergic reaction after receiving just a few milliliters of RBCs. Afterwards, investigation of the blood revealed that the patient had an IgA deficiency. This type of allergic reaction can be prevented by transfusion of IgA-deficient blood components or RBCs from a non-IgA-deficient donor which have been washed several times.
authors.affiliation: Klinicka bolnica Medicinskog i Stomatoloskog fakulteta Sestre milosrdnice, Zagreb.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Degoricija
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sović
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Pavlinović
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000707:Anaphylaxis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D017098:IgA Deficiency / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D065227:Transfusion Reaction