Acute intravascular hemolysis can be caused by infection due to all of the following organisms except?
Ans. is 'a' i.e., Clostridium tetani Organisms associated with hemolysis 1) Organisms that directly parasitize erythrocytes: a) Baonella species b) Babesia species Plasmodium species 2) Organisms that do not directly parasitize erythrocytes - Clostridium welchii Produces a phospholipase that can release the phosphoryl bond of lecithin thereby lysing human RBCs 3) Other bacterias that can causes hemolysis a) Pneumococci b) Staphylococci c) E. coli
Clostridium tetani
Baonella bacilliformis
Plasmodium falciparum
Babesia microti