Alloimmune Neonatal Neutropenia Due to Anti-HNA-2a Alloimmunization with Severe and Prolonged Neutropenia but Mild Clinical Course: Two Case Reports

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 792-796

  Tomicic, Maja ^a   Starcevic, Mirta ^b   Zach, Vanja ^b   Hundric Haspl, Zeljka ^a  

^a CROATIAN INSTITUTE OF TRANSFUSION MEDICINE   (Croatia)

^b SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Alloimmune neonatal neutropenia; Alloimmunization; Human neutrophil antigen (HNA 2a); IV immunoglobulins; Neonate; Neutropenia; Prophylactic antibiotics

Indexed keywords

ALLOANTIBODY; AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CORTICOSTEROID; GENTAMICIN; HUMAN NEUTROPHIL ANTIGEN 2A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLOIMMUNE NEWBORN NEUTROPENIA; ALLOIMMUNIZATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NEWBORN; OMPHALITIS; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; SEPSIS; SIBLING; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBODIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISOANTIGENS; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; NEUTROPENIA; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SIBLINGS;

EID: 34548462047     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2007.03.010     Document Type: Article

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