[Laboratory diagnosis of auto-immune hemolytic anemia: characteristics of the manual direct test of Polybrene]. / Diagnóstico laboratorial da anemia hemolítica auto-imune: características do teste manual direto do Polybrene.
Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992)
; 44(1): 16-20, 1998.
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ABSTRACT
UNLABELLED The direct manual Polybrene test (DPT) and the direct antiglobulin tests (DAT) were employed to detect antibody sensitizing red blood cell (RCB) in patients with clinical and laboratorial findings of autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA). PURPOSE:
To compare the sensitivity and specificity of DPT and DAT in the diagnosis of AIHA.METHODS:
Eighteen consecutive patients with diagnosis of AIHA were evaluated. The control group consisted of 20 normal volunteers blood donors and 20 patients with sickle cell anemia. All patients and controls were submitted to DPT and DAT. All DAT positive samples were further tested using monospecific reagents (anti-IgG heavy chain and anti-C3d). Positive samples for either DPT or DAT were evaluated by eluate technique using. The dichloromethane (DCM).RESULTS:
The DAT was positive in 14 patients and negative in 4 subjects, while the DPT was positive in 17 patients and negative in 1 individual who had a positive DAT owing to complement (C3d). All positive eluates performed with DCM showed RBC autoantibodies with presumed "anti-Rh" specificity. The sensitivity rate of the DPT (94%) was significantly (p < 0.05) higher than the sensitivity rate of DAT (78%) to determine whether IgG was bound in vivo, but no difference was found regarding the specificity of the two tests.CONCLUSION:
1) The DPT is more sensitive than the DAT in detecting IgG autoantibody on the RBCs of patients with AIHA; 2) because of its simplicity and rapidity, the DPT is a useful additional screening test for the investigation of Coombs-negative AIHA.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Teste de Coombs
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Testes Sorológicos
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Brometo de Hexadimetrina
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Anemia Hemolítica Autoimune
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Guideline
Limite:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
Pt
Revista:
Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992)
Ano de publicação:
1998
Tipo de documento:
Article