Sixteen episodes of acute anaemia necessitating urgent blood transfusion have been investigated in 13 children with sickle cell anaemia. In five out of seven episodes there was evidence of increased haemolysis while in 10 out of 16 episodes a profound fall in reticulocyte count indicated marrow erythroid cell failure. Cold agglutinins active at room temperature were detected in 13 episodes, and...

Introduction: CANOMAD (an acronym for its full manifestation of chronic ataxic neuropathy, ophthalmoplegia, IgM paraprotein, cold agglutinins and disialosyl antibodies) is an uncommon paraproteinaemic neuropathy. Methods and Results: We present the case of a man of 58 years at presentation, with chronic ataxic neuropathy, ophthalmoplegia, and an IgM paraprotein who was found to have antibodies ...

In a previous paper (3), it was reported that the primary atypical pneumonia (PAP) virus can be detected by fluorescent antibody staining of the bronchial epithelium in infected chick embryos. I t has also been found that a component in fresh normal human or guinea pig serum enhances the reaction between the PAP virus and the specific antibody in human convalescent sera (2). This serum componen...

While anti-human blood group B agglutinins are present in the majority of ordinary White Leghorn chicks by the age of 30 days, none could be demonstrated in germfree chicks up to the age of 60 days. Anti-B agglutinins in trace amounts were first found in germfree chicks 66 days old and increased to an average titer of about 1:2 by 91 days of age. This titer amounts to about 10 per cent of that ...

Three cases of central nervous system complications of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections are reported. There were several atypical findings: the first patient presented with an acute disseminated encephalitis with normal cerebrospinal fluid and hypogammaglobulinaemia. The second patient presented with a left sixth nerve palsy followed six weeks later by choreoathetoid movements and an acute psyc...

A 25-year-old man developed macroscopic haemoglobinuria after a persistent dry cough. Although chest radiograph findings were normal, since the serum antibody for Mycoplasma pneumoniae was significantly elevated, a diagnosis infection with this organism was made. Despite the absence of apparent anaemia, a marked increase in serum haemolytic markers and positive result for urine haemoglobin indi...

The foregoing experimental cases point to a distinct participation of the udder in the production of agglutinins when the gland is invaded by living or flooded by dead bacteria. The quarter injected reacts at first with a heavy influx of polynuclear leucocytes and later with an increase of agglutinins.

The development of agglutinins for V. cholerce in cholera patients has been recorded by a number of workers. Greig (1914) examined the blood of 363 cholera patients and found that in a few cases cholera agglutinins had developed as early as the second day of the disease but this was exceptional. The specific agglutinins were well marked on the sixth day of the disease and the titre remained hig...

Model studies of the influence lectin-containing extracts medicinal plants St. John's wort (Hypericum perforatum L.), common yarrow (Achillea millefolium marigold (Calendula officinalis L.) and dwarf evergreen (Helichrysum arenarium (L.) Moench.) on growth development wheat, oat, barley rye at beginning their ontogenesis. They testify to specificity action in relation model objects, which is pr...

Epstein-Barr virus, a member of the Herpesviridae family, is responsible for the infectious mononucleosis clinical syndrome, which mainly includes the pharyngitis, fever, and lymphadenopathy triad after incubation for 30-50 days. The liver is involved in 80-90% of patients in a self-limiting transient manner, with jaundice being much more uncommon (5%). From a hematological standpoint it may ma...