Transient cold agglutinin disease with mycoplasma infection.
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.
Basu
Sabita
S
Department of Transfusion Medicine, Government Medical College & Hospital, Sector 32, Chandigarh.
Saifudeen
A
A
Kaur
Paramjit
P
D000328:Adult; D000744:Anemia, Hemolytic, Autoimmune / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011019:Pneumonia, Mycoplasma / Q000150:complications*