Antierythrocyte antibodies in hemodialysis and kidney transplant patients

Natural antierythrocytic antibodies may be stimulated by bacterial antigens and the immune type may occur as a result of pregnancy or blood transfusio ns. The prevalence increases with the number of red cell units transfused S pecificity. on the other hand, depends on ethnical backgrounds. The clinica l importance of these antibodies is to precipitate hemolytic transfusion re actions and erythroblastosis fetalis. Hemodialysis patients are multitransf used and have a quire variable prevalence of antibodies. Kidney transplant patients with blood group identity do not form antibodies. We studied the p resence of both types of antierythrocytic antibodies (natural and immune) i n hemodialysis and kidney transplant patients in Brazilian blood transfusio n and nephrology services.