RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Acute haemolytic anaemia due to IgM penicillin antibody in a 3-year-old child: a sequel to oral penicillin.
JF Journal of Clinical Pathology
JO J Clin Pathol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Association of Clinical Pathologists
SP 321
OP 323
DO 10.1136/jcp.28.4.321
VO 28
IS 4
A1 G W Bird
A1 M W McEvoy
A1 J Wingham
YR 1975
UL http://jcp.bmj.com/content/28/4/321.abstract
AB A hitherto undescribed form of immune haemolytic anaemia due to penicillin antibody is described. The antibody, which was of the IgM class, fixed complement and caused acute haemolysis. Oral penicillin seems to have been responsible both for antibody production and, on subsequent exposure, for the haemolytic anaemia.