title: Bacteria and HIT: a close connection?
abstract: HIT is caused by antibodies specific to PF4/heparin complexes. In this issue of Blood, Krauel et al report novel findings supporting the hypothesis that primary synthesis of these antibodies results from bacterial infections. HIT, therefore, appears to be a misdirected antibacterial host defense response.
authors.affiliation: Université Francois-Rabelais, Tours.
authors.forename: Yves
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gruel
authors.forename: Hervé
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Watier