Abstract
Abstract A 79-year-old woman with a diagnosis of lower gastrointestinal bleeding was found to have a complement dependent anti-Jka in her serum. The anti-Jk1 was evaluated by the antiglobulin technique with polyspecific, anti-C3, and anti-lgG antihuman globulin (AHG). A variety of sensitization and detection methods were used, including the prewarmed saline technique, enzyme treatment of test cells, a low-ionic additive solution (LISS), 22 percent albumin, Polybrene, and an increased serum/cell ratio. The anti-Jk1 was detected only when polyspecific AHG and anti-C3 were used compared to anti-lgG, regardless of the selected enhancement technique. Anti-C3 gave weaker reactions than polyspecific AHG. IgG subclassing was inconclusive. The anti-Jka was not detected when plasma was substituted for serum. The use of polyspecific versus IgG AHG in pretransfusion testing is discussed.
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