Autoimmune hemolytic anemia in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus‐1
- 29 May 2002
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wiley in American Journal of Hematology
- Vol. 70 (2) , 174-176
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ajh.10096
Abstract
Four men were diagnosed with advanced human immunodeficiency virus infection (AIDS) and autoimmune hemolytic anemia (HIV‐AIHA) during the years 1997–2000 at Cook County Hospital, Chicago. All patients presented with the acute onset of severe hemolytic anemia, fever, and splenomegaly. The direct and indirect antiglobulin tests were positive in all, and three patients had mixed warm and cold autoantibody hemolytic anemia. Shortly after admission, two patients died of severe anemia. Two patients responded to prednisone therapy and remain in remission from AIHA for 15 and 30 months, respectively. Am. J. Hematol. 70:174–176, 2002.Keywords
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