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FRANCESCO del GRECO, MD; EFSTRATIOS S. KURTIDES, MD

Arch Intern Med. 1963;112(5):727-730.

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Since the discovery of the Kell factor by Coombs et al¹ several cases of transfusion reaction caused by anti-Kell antibodies have been reported.² In six patients the reaction was followed by acute renal failure ^2-6 which was fatal in two.^2,6 It is noteworthy that these reactions might have been prevented had tests for identifying anti-Kell antibodies properly been performed.

The case described herein represents another example of acute renal failure precipitated by the administration of Kellpositive blood to a previously sensitized Kellnegative subject.

Report of a Case

A 56-year-old Caucasian male contractor was referred to Passavant Memorial Hospital on April 11, 1962, for evaluation and management of oliguria of 96 hours' duration. Eleven days prior to referral he had been admitted to a local hospital with melena and hematemesis. The hemoglobin on admission was 12.1 gm% but dropped to 8.8 mg% on the third day at which . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
CHICAGO

Director, Clinical Research Center, Passavant Memorial Hospital and Northwestern University Medical School, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Northwestern University (Dr. del Greco); Fellow in Medicine, Passavant Memorial Hospital and Northwestern University Medical School (Dr. Kurtides).

From Department of Medicine, Passavant Memorial Hospital and Northwestern University Medical School.

Footnotes
Received for publication Feb 7, 1963; accepted March 11.

Partially supported by a grant from The John A. Hartford Foundation Inc., New York.

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