Cold Agglutinin Disease is a hemolytic anemia associated with cold reactive autoantibodies. Although the acute form of cold agglutinin disease can be attributed to autoimmune or infectious diseases and lymphoprolifera...Cold Agglutinin Disease is a hemolytic anemia associated with cold reactive autoantibodies. Although the acute form of cold agglutinin disease can be attributed to autoimmune or infectious diseases and lymphoproliferative diseases, it has, to the best of our knowledge, so far,never been reported as secondary to mycoplasma pneumonia in a type 2 diabetic individual. In this paper, we report a case of cold agglutinin disease following mycoplasma pneumonia in a 47-year-old female patient with type 2 diabetes and schizophrenia. Cold agglutinin test and direct Coombs’ test was positive. Anti-mycoplasma anti-body titre by complement fixation was high (Anti-IgG was negative and Anti-C3d was positive) and was accompanied by hemolytic anemia. Her general condition, including Cold Agglutinin Disease improved after conservative therapy with antibiotics, hypoglycemic agents and short-term use of steroids. The patient recuperated and was discharged in good health after 7 days’ stay in the hospital. She remains clinically well with no recurrence of anemia. The simultaneous occurrence of cold agglutinin disease, mycoplasma infection and diabetes mellitus is rare and accumulation of case reports is required to gain better insight of this case scenario.展开更多
<strong>Background:</strong> Inhabitants from malaria endemic zones often present with enlarged spleen, mainly due to hyper reactive malarial splenomegaly (HMS), and it is seen more commonly associated wit...<strong>Background:</strong> Inhabitants from malaria endemic zones often present with enlarged spleen, mainly due to hyper reactive malarial splenomegaly (HMS), and it is seen more commonly associated with elevated levels of Immunoglobulin M (IgM). Cold agglutinin disease is an acquired autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) that is usually due to cold-reacting IgM autoantibodies directed against red cell antigens. The study was conducted in response to the observed high frequency of transfusion dependent anemia in patients with splenomegaly from malaria endemic zones in southern province of Rwanda. The objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence of cold agglutinin disease and to assess the distribution of IgM antibodies among these patients. <strong>Methodology:</strong> This was a descriptive, cross-sectional study conducted over a period of six months from June 2016 to December 2016. The study enrolled adult population from malaria endemic areas of the southern province of Rwanda with unexplained splenomegaly. Blood samples for testing IgM levels, cold agglutinin, FBC, and markers of hemolysis were collected from peripheral health settings and analyzed at the laboratory of Butare University Teaching Hospital. <strong>Results:</strong> During the study period, we enrolled 188 participants with enlarged spleen. One hundred twenty-five (66%) were females and 34% were males. The mean (±SD) age of the study participants was 35.6 ± 15.2 years. Out of 188 participants, only 4.8% were found with significantly positive Cold Agglutinin Titer (CAT) (≥1:64) and 84% of participants were found to have elevated serum IgM level. Hemoglobin level, white blood count and platelets count decrease with severity of splenomegaly, while IgM level increases with spleen size. <strong>Conclusion:</strong> Among patients with splenomegaly from malaria endemic areas, IgM levels correlate with the stages of splenomegaly while cold agglutinin disease plays a small role in the etiology of anemia.展开更多
<strong>Background:</strong> Cold agglutinins are auto-antibodies that can be a nuisance in cross matching and in blood grouping. Here we report an unusual case of a high titer and wide amplitude cold aggl...<strong>Background:</strong> Cold agglutinins are auto-antibodies that can be a nuisance in cross matching and in blood grouping. Here we report an unusual case of a high titer and wide amplitude cold agglutinin reduced by plasmapheresis. <strong>Methods and Materials:</strong> A 56-year-old man with severe anemia requested a transfusion of red blood cells. However, there was a problem in blood for blood grouping. The discrepancy of blood typing was subsequently resolved using group O absorbed plasma along with repetition of forward grouping with warm-washed red blood cells. The presence of high-thermal-amplitude and a high-titer anti-I cold agglutinin were detected in further serologic investigation. It revealed reactivity against autologous and adult O red blood cells at 37<span style="white-space:nowrap;">°</span>C by the thermal amplitude screening test, and demonstrated a very high titer of 65,536 against adult O cells by titration studies at 4<span style="white-space:nowrap;">°</span>C. The patient received two plasma exchange sessions of 1.5 plasma volumes each. There was a significant reduction of the titer of cold agglutinins and of the thermal amplitude by plasmapheresis as well (<em>p</em> < 0.01). <strong>Results:</strong> After successful cross-matching with post plasma exchanges, four units of red blood cells were infused to the patient without any hemolysis symptoms or signs. <strong>Conclusions:</strong> We now reported a patient with abnormally ascended titer of cold agglutinins and wide-thermal-amplitude, but we also successfully performed ABO typing and cross matching after 2 plasma exchange sessions of 1.5 plasma volumes each.展开更多
目的对1例自身抗-B伴冷凝集素患者行血清学鉴定及输血疗效评估。方法37℃生理盐水洗涤患者红细胞并用巯基试剂处理,采用试管法、微柱凝胶法检测ABO血型抗原。用O型红细胞4℃吸收EDTA抗凝血浆去除冷凝集素,再用B型红细胞4℃吸收放散检测...目的对1例自身抗-B伴冷凝集素患者行血清学鉴定及输血疗效评估。方法37℃生理盐水洗涤患者红细胞并用巯基试剂处理,采用试管法、微柱凝胶法检测ABO血型抗原。用O型红细胞4℃吸收EDTA抗凝血浆去除冷凝集素,再用B型红细胞4℃吸收放散检测相关血型抗体,利用输血前后血红蛋白变化评估患者输血效果,并持续监测其ABO血型。结果血清学实验正定型检出B抗原,O型红细胞吸收放散检出冷凝集素,B型红细胞吸收放散检出患者血清中含有IgM抗-B。输注3 U O型洗涤红细胞无不良反应且输注有效。2月后随访患者,血型鉴定正反一致,均为B型。结论结合患者既往血型鉴定结果,本次血清学鉴定及后续追踪综合分析,患者ABO血型为B型,但存在一过性高效价冷凝集素和B抗原特异性自身抗体。展开更多
文摘Cold Agglutinin Disease is a hemolytic anemia associated with cold reactive autoantibodies. Although the acute form of cold agglutinin disease can be attributed to autoimmune or infectious diseases and lymphoproliferative diseases, it has, to the best of our knowledge, so far,never been reported as secondary to mycoplasma pneumonia in a type 2 diabetic individual. In this paper, we report a case of cold agglutinin disease following mycoplasma pneumonia in a 47-year-old female patient with type 2 diabetes and schizophrenia. Cold agglutinin test and direct Coombs’ test was positive. Anti-mycoplasma anti-body titre by complement fixation was high (Anti-IgG was negative and Anti-C3d was positive) and was accompanied by hemolytic anemia. Her general condition, including Cold Agglutinin Disease improved after conservative therapy with antibiotics, hypoglycemic agents and short-term use of steroids. The patient recuperated and was discharged in good health after 7 days’ stay in the hospital. She remains clinically well with no recurrence of anemia. The simultaneous occurrence of cold agglutinin disease, mycoplasma infection and diabetes mellitus is rare and accumulation of case reports is required to gain better insight of this case scenario.
文摘<strong>Background:</strong> Inhabitants from malaria endemic zones often present with enlarged spleen, mainly due to hyper reactive malarial splenomegaly (HMS), and it is seen more commonly associated with elevated levels of Immunoglobulin M (IgM). Cold agglutinin disease is an acquired autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) that is usually due to cold-reacting IgM autoantibodies directed against red cell antigens. The study was conducted in response to the observed high frequency of transfusion dependent anemia in patients with splenomegaly from malaria endemic zones in southern province of Rwanda. The objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence of cold agglutinin disease and to assess the distribution of IgM antibodies among these patients. <strong>Methodology:</strong> This was a descriptive, cross-sectional study conducted over a period of six months from June 2016 to December 2016. The study enrolled adult population from malaria endemic areas of the southern province of Rwanda with unexplained splenomegaly. Blood samples for testing IgM levels, cold agglutinin, FBC, and markers of hemolysis were collected from peripheral health settings and analyzed at the laboratory of Butare University Teaching Hospital. <strong>Results:</strong> During the study period, we enrolled 188 participants with enlarged spleen. One hundred twenty-five (66%) were females and 34% were males. The mean (±SD) age of the study participants was 35.6 ± 15.2 years. Out of 188 participants, only 4.8% were found with significantly positive Cold Agglutinin Titer (CAT) (≥1:64) and 84% of participants were found to have elevated serum IgM level. Hemoglobin level, white blood count and platelets count decrease with severity of splenomegaly, while IgM level increases with spleen size. <strong>Conclusion:</strong> Among patients with splenomegaly from malaria endemic areas, IgM levels correlate with the stages of splenomegaly while cold agglutinin disease plays a small role in the etiology of anemia.
文摘<strong>Background:</strong> Cold agglutinins are auto-antibodies that can be a nuisance in cross matching and in blood grouping. Here we report an unusual case of a high titer and wide amplitude cold agglutinin reduced by plasmapheresis. <strong>Methods and Materials:</strong> A 56-year-old man with severe anemia requested a transfusion of red blood cells. However, there was a problem in blood for blood grouping. The discrepancy of blood typing was subsequently resolved using group O absorbed plasma along with repetition of forward grouping with warm-washed red blood cells. The presence of high-thermal-amplitude and a high-titer anti-I cold agglutinin were detected in further serologic investigation. It revealed reactivity against autologous and adult O red blood cells at 37<span style="white-space:nowrap;">°</span>C by the thermal amplitude screening test, and demonstrated a very high titer of 65,536 against adult O cells by titration studies at 4<span style="white-space:nowrap;">°</span>C. The patient received two plasma exchange sessions of 1.5 plasma volumes each. There was a significant reduction of the titer of cold agglutinins and of the thermal amplitude by plasmapheresis as well (<em>p</em> < 0.01). <strong>Results:</strong> After successful cross-matching with post plasma exchanges, four units of red blood cells were infused to the patient without any hemolysis symptoms or signs. <strong>Conclusions:</strong> We now reported a patient with abnormally ascended titer of cold agglutinins and wide-thermal-amplitude, but we also successfully performed ABO typing and cross matching after 2 plasma exchange sessions of 1.5 plasma volumes each.
文摘目的对1例自身抗-B伴冷凝集素患者行血清学鉴定及输血疗效评估。方法37℃生理盐水洗涤患者红细胞并用巯基试剂处理,采用试管法、微柱凝胶法检测ABO血型抗原。用O型红细胞4℃吸收EDTA抗凝血浆去除冷凝集素,再用B型红细胞4℃吸收放散检测相关血型抗体,利用输血前后血红蛋白变化评估患者输血效果,并持续监测其ABO血型。结果血清学实验正定型检出B抗原,O型红细胞吸收放散检出冷凝集素,B型红细胞吸收放散检出患者血清中含有IgM抗-B。输注3 U O型洗涤红细胞无不良反应且输注有效。2月后随访患者,血型鉴定正反一致,均为B型。结论结合患者既往血型鉴定结果,本次血清学鉴定及后续追踪综合分析,患者ABO血型为B型,但存在一过性高效价冷凝集素和B抗原特异性自身抗体。
