Discrepancies in reverse ABO typing due to prozone
- 8 July 1988
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wiley in Transfusion
- Vol. 28 (4), 334-338
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1537-2995.1988.28488265261.x
Abstract
Three group O sera manifesting prozone in reverse ABO tests are reported. All were implicated in erroneous blood typing results. One sample failed to react with A1 red cells (RBCs) in immediate-spin (IS) tests, had anti-A and -B titers of 8192 and 2048, respectively, by indirect antiglobulin technique (IAT), and was from a diabetic patient; the parenteral administration of A substance present in porcine insulin is a possible cause of hyperimmunity in this case. The second sample was from the recipient of a single unit of group B fresh-frozen plasma; the serum anti-A and -B titers were 10,240 by IAT, but only weak reactions with A1 and B RBCs were noted in routine IS reverse typing tests; the hyperimmunity in the patient concerned was likely due to crossreacting anti-A, B stimulated by B-active glycoproteins and/or glycolipids in the transfused plasma. The third serum also had anti-A and anti-B IAT titers of 10,240 but did not react with A1 and B RBCs by IS; the hyperimmunity in this case may be related to sepsis from intestinal flora carrying A- and/or B-like antigens. These antibodies lysed A1 and/or B RBCs in tests incubated at room temperature (RT) and strongly agglutinated those RBCs by IS when diluted 10-fold with saline. The absence of the prozone phenomenon in tests with RBCs suspended in diluents containing EDTA is consistent with the previously published mechanism for anti-A prozone: namely, the steric hindrance of agglutination by the C1 component of human complement.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)Keywords
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