INTRODUCTION Cytomegalovirus is a common virus responsible for a wide range of clinical manifestations. Hemolysis is a rare but potentially life-threatening complication of cytomegalovirus infection, described mostly in immunocompromised patients, the pathogenesis of which is still unclear.We performed a review of the literature regarding cases of hemolytic anemia during acute cytomegalovirus i...

The existence of Group B Streptococcus (GBS) in the rectovaginal area during pregnancy and labor is linked to disease even death neonates. However, extent GBS colonization pregnant women Saudi Arabia has not been fully established. goal this study was ascertain prevalence Arabia, where screening routinely conducted. This retrospective involved 1201 at ≥28 weeks

For thrombotic microangiopathies (TMAs), the diagnosis of atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS) is made by ruling out Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC)-associated HUS and ADAMTS13 activity-deficient thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP), often using the exclusion criteria for secondary TMAs. Nowadays, assays for ADAMTS13 activity and evaluation for STEC infection can be perf...

BACKGROUND Naturally occurring alloantibodies produced against A and B red cell antigens in cats can cause acute hemolytic transfusion reactions. Blood incompatibilities, unrelated to the AB blood group system, have also been suspected after blood transfusions through routine crossmatch testing or as a result of hemolytic transfusion reactions. HYPOTHESIS Incompatible crossmatch results among...

Duffy was the first blood group mapped to an autosome (chromosome 1) using cytogenetic studies. Duffy antigens are located on a glycoprotein that can be found on erythrocytes and other cells throughout the body. Fy(a) and Fy(b) are products of their respective alleles (FY*A, FY*B). Fy(x) characterized by weak Fy(b) expression, is a result of an additional mutation in FY*B. The Fy(a-b-) phenotyp...

aim : thereby we aimed to detection of bacterial dna (bactdna) in sbp by polymerase chain reaction (pcr) and its prognostic relevance in cirrhotic patients with culture-negative non-neutrocytic ascites(cnnna).  background: approximately 60% of patients with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (sbp) are ascites culture negative. methods : of each 77 patients with cirrhosis and ascites, two samples...