The prevention of haemolytic disease of the newborn.

BCSH guideline for the use of anti-D immunoglobulin for the prevention of haemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn.

A case of severe haemolytic disease of the newborn due to anti-Di(a) antibody.

Red cell allo-antibodies directed against the Diego (Di) blood group antigen have rarely been reported to cause a haemolytic reaction against transfusion or haemolytic disease of the newborn. The frequency of the Di(a+) phenotype among the Hong Kong Chinese population is estimated to be 4.4%. We report on a case of severe haemolytic disease of the newborn due to anti-Di(a) antibody--the first l...

Effect of Staphylococcus Aureus and Streptococcus beta-haemolytic Supernatants’ on Leishmania Major Promastigotes Viability: An In Vitro Study

Background and Aims: Leishmaniasis is an intracellular protozoan- parasitic disease, the common vector of transmission. Both zoonotic and anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) are endemic in different foci. With regard to the cutaneous form, 1.0-1.5 million cases were reported annually with 90% of the cases. Although antimony-containing compounds that are the main drugs used to treat Leish...

Haemolytic Disease of the Newborn*

Since the discovery of the Rh blood groups (Landsteiner and Weiner, 1940) many articles on the subject of haemolytic disease of the newborn have been written. Gilmour (1944) in this country and Potter (1944; 1946) in America have presented authoritative accounts of the pathology of haemolytic disease, but, as the former points out, this aspect of the condition has received far less attention th...

Liver Function Tests in Survivors of Haemolytic Disease of the Newborn.

Hepatocellular damage is sometimes a feature of severe haemolytic disease during the newborn period and might be expected to lead to permanent liver damage in some cases. Gerrard (1952), however, in a study of 226 cases of icterus gravis neonatorum, followed for more than five years, found little support for this hypothesis. His investigations included clinical examination, thymol turbidity tes...