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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-6-3
pubmed:abstractText
We investigated the development of a positive direct antiglobulin test associated with the use of the nonsteroid anti-inflammatory drug sulindac. The drug was shown to be the cause of the positive direct antiglobulin test using red cells treated in vitro with solutions of native sulindac and its two major metabolites. Serum from the patient contained sulindac-dependent red cell antibodies which could not be demonstrated when red cells having the Rh phenotype D-- were employed in the test procedure. An eluate prepared from the patients' red cells reacted against untreated red cells having common Rh phenotypes, but not against target red cells with the Rh phenotypes D-- or Rh null. The eluate showed stronger reactivity against the cells having common Rh phenotypes when they were treated with solutions of a metabolite of sulindac, but failed to react against treated red cells having the Rh phenotype D-- or Rh null. The results of our investigations point to an interaction between sulindac and/or its metabolites and Rh structures on the red cell membrane as the initial step in the production of drug dependent and autoantibodies leading to the positive direct antiglobulin test.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0042-9007
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
64
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
179-83
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Positive antiglobulin test in association with sulindac: involvement of the Rh factor.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Laboratory Haematology, Sunnybrook Health Science Centre, Toronto, Ont., Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports