ABO blood group Flashcards
TRUE/FALSE
ABO is considered the most important of all blood grouos
TRUE
TRUE/FALSE
HTR is common in ABO
TRUE
*Severe
TRUE/FALSE
ABO is the most common cause of HDN
TRUE
ABO Forward typing other names
Front/ Direct typing
specimen for Direct/Front typing
Patient RBC
Reagent for Direct typing
commercial anti-sera
Anti-A sera is color ____
Blue
Anti-B sera is color ____
Yellow
what is detected ABO Forward typing?
ABO antigens
Principle of ABO Forward typing?
Agglutination
Reaction of blood groups to Anti-A and Anti-B sera
A: A(+), B(-)
B: A(-),B(+)
AB:A(+),B(+)
O:A(-),B(-)
Principle of ABO Reverse typing
Agglutination
other terms for ABO Reverse typing
Backward/Indirect/Serum typing
specimen in ABO Reverse typing
serum/plasma
reagent used in ABO Reverse typing
Known A cells, Known B cells
ABO Reverse typing is for the detection of
ABO antibodies
Reaction of blood groups to known cells
A: A(-), B(+)
B: A(+),B(-)
AB:A(-),B(-)
O:A(+),B(+)
Blood type rich in H antigen
blood type O
RELATIONSHIP between forward and reverse typing
Inversely proportional
centrifugation time for ABO typing
20 seconds
Grading agglutination reactions:
Several large agglutinates
few free cells
clear supernatant
3+
75%
Grading agglutination reactions:
many tiny agglutinates
may free cells
may not be visible w/o microscope
dark, turbid supernatant
W+
weak +/-
Grading agglutination reactions:
no agglutinates
no aggregates
dark, turbid, homogenous supernatant
0
Negative
Grading agglutination reactions:
many small agglutinates
many free cells
turbid supernatant
1+
25%
Grading agglutination reactions:
one large, solid agglutinate
no free cells
clear supernatant
4+
100%
Grading agglutination reactions:
a few isolated aggregates, mostly free floating cells, supernatant appears red
mixed field
“halo” or “puff smoke”
mixed field
causes of mixed field
receiving non-ABO-type specific RBCs, ABO subgroups (A3), and bone marrow or HSC transplantation
ABO GENOTYPE OF THE FF.:
A1 A2 A1B A2B B O
A1 = A1A1,A1O,A1A2 A2 = A2O,A2A2 A1B = A1B A2B = A2B B = BB,BO O = OO
ABO genes found in chromosome
chromosome 9
dominant genes
A and B
Amorph/silent
O
Enzyme for H
L-fucosyltransferase
Enzyme for AB
N-acetylgalactosyltransferase
D-Galactosyltransferase
Enzyme for A
N-acetylgalactosyltransferase
Enzyme for B
D-Galactosyltransferase
Immunodominant sugar of A
N-acetyl-D-galactosamine
immunodominant sugar of O
none
Immunodominant sugar of AB
N-acetyl-D-galactosamine
D-galactose
Immunodominant sugar of H
L-fucose
Immunodominant sugar of B
D-galactose
antigens for the following:
A B AB H O
A = A B = B AB = AB H = H O = unchanged