Volume : 7, Issue : 7, July - 2018

Anti-M antibody - Not always an innocent bystander. A report of two cases

Dr Geetika Sharma, Dr Preeti Rai, Dr Deeksha Singh, Dr Jyoti Garg

Abstract :

<p class="Default" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;&#10;line-height:200%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:&#10;&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Anti-M antibody is a common naturally occurring antibody that is seldom clinically significant. We hereby present two cases of anti-M antibody. An unbooked, severely anemic, pregnant lady presenting with crossmatch incompatibility. And one year old child referred to our Regional Blood Transfusion Centre (RBTC) for immunohematology work-up in view of blood group discrepancy.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;&#10;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>