Pathophysiology of hemolysis in infections with Hemophilus influenzae type b.
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Pathophysiology of hemolysis in infections with Hemophilus influenzae type b.
The capsular polysaccharide of Hemophilus influenzae type b, polyribosyl ribitol phosphate (PRP), is released from growing organisms during human infection and can be found in body fluids. It binds to untreated erythrocytes. Many patients with invasive infections with this organism develop significant hemolysis, but the mechanism has been unclear. We have found that PRP binds to human erythrocy...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Investigation
سال: 1986
ISSN: 0021-9738
DOI: 10.1172/jci112439