A case of naturally occurring anti-Dia antibody in a young man

We reported a case of naturally occurring of anti-Dia in a young man who presented to our hospital for wound debridement of fingers injury. His serological results were suggestive of anti-Dia antibody, and his molecular blood group showed he has Di (a-b+) antigen. Anti-Dia may be clinically significant. It can cause mild-to-severe HDFN, but there are only infrequent reports of it being clearly implicated in a hemolytic transfusion reaction. We suggest the need for reagent red blood cell panels to include Dia antigen-positive cells in antibody identification tests for our populations.

Source: Asian Journal of Transfusion Science - November 12, 2022 Category: Hematology Authors: Salfarina Iberahim Noor Haslina Mohd Noor Mohd Nazri Hassan Rosnah Bahar Shafini Mohdmed Yusoff Marini Ramli Wan Suriana Wan Abdul Rahman Zefarina Zulkafli Marne Abdullah Ho Sook Fong Tengku Muzaffar Tengku Mohamed Shihabudin Hisham Atan Edinur Norul Haja Source Type: research