Abstract:Para-Bombay is a rare phenotype with a homozygous nonfunctional FUT1 gene and a normal FUT2 gene leading to H-deficient red blood cells (RBCs) with or without ABH substances, depending on inheritance of the ABO gene. This case is about a 5-day-old male baby suffering from sepsis who required a 45-mL packed RBC transfusion. The baby's sample tested as A 1 B, D+ and mother's sample tested as group O, D+ with group 4 discrepancy due to ABO isoagglutinins. Further workup of the mother's sample with anti-H lectin w… Show more
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