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ArticleCureus2025

A Comparative Evaluation of ABO Blood Group Antibody Titer Using Normal Saline, Low Ionic Strength Solution, and AB Plasma.

Vikrant Sharma, Aakriti Puri, Babita Raghuwanshi, Ananthakrishnan M

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Vikrant SharmaTransfusion Medicine and Blood Bank, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal, Bhopal, IND.
Aakriti PuriTransfusion Medicine and Blood Bank, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal, Bhopal, IND.
Babita RaghuwanshiTransfusion Medicine and Blood Bank, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal, Bhopal, IND.
Ananthakrishnan MCommunity and Family Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal, Bhopal, IND.

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Abstract

Background Acute hemolytic transfusion reactions, hemolytic disorders in fetuses and neonates, and hemolysis in incompatible allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation are predominantly induced by antibodies in the ABO blood group system. Environmental factors appear to exert the most significant influence on the concentrations of isoagglutinin A and B antibody molecules, which may be classified as IgG, IgM, or IgA. The current study aimed to evaluate the ABO isoagglutinin A and B titers of whole blood donors. Methods This observational cross-sectional study was conducted at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal, India. We evaluated ABO isoagglutinin A and B titers in 199 healthy blood donors (Groups A, B, and O). Donor selection was based on national guidelines. Antibody titrations were performed using 0.9% normal saline (NS), low ionic strength solution (LISS), and AB plasma, followed by a comparative analysis. Results Antibody titration was done with all blood group donors with three different diluent media. Spearman's rank correlation coefficient (r) is used to assess the strength and significance of the relationship between titer measurements. A p-value under 0.05 was considered statistically significant for all analyses. A strong positive correlation was observed between NS and LISS (r = 0.828,

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abo antibody titerab plasmaanti-a antibodyanti-b antibodylow ionic strength solution (liss)normal saline 0.9%

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PMID40978961
PMCPMC12444727

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