title: Transient cold agglutinin disease with mycoplasma infection.
abstract: Cold agglutinins are autoantibodies and are often present in the sera of healthy individuals. They assume importance when the thermal reactivity of these antibodies approaches body temperature. This communication describes a case of cold hemagglutinin disease with Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection detected during routine laboratory investigations. The patient was managed conservatively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Transfusion Medicine, Government Medical College & Hospital, Sector 32, Chandigarh.
authors.forename: Sabita
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Basu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saifudeen
authors.forename: Paramjit
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kaur
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000744:Anemia, Hemolytic, Autoimmune / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011019:Pneumonia, Mycoplasma / Q000150:complications*