title: Autoimmune hemolytic anemia due to auto anti-N in a patient with sepsis.
abstract: We describe a case of autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) due to anti-N in a young male patient with cellulitis. There have been several reports of anti-N in N positive individuals. But in all these reports, auto anti-N was mostly associated with underlying immunological conditions. We report here a case of auto anti-N in a patient of bacterial sepsis without any underlying immune disorder.
authors.affiliation: Department of Transfusion Medicine, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh 160 032, India.
authors.forename: Lakhvinder
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Sheetal
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Malhotra
authors.forename: Gagandeep
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kaur
authors.forename: Sabita
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Basu
authors.forename: Ravneet
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kaur
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000744:Anemia, Hemolytic, Autoimmune / Q000097:blood* / Q000276:immunology; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000097:blood* / Q000276:immunology; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000097:blood* / Q000276:immunology; D001788:Blood Grouping and Crossmatching; D006461:Hemolysis; D006801:Humans; D008951:MNSs Blood-Group System; D008297:Male; D012204:Rh-Hr Blood-Group System
chemical_list: D001323:Autoantibodies; D008951:MNSs Blood-Group System; D012204:Rh-Hr Blood-Group System