4. Drug-induced reaction to blood components These diseases have been associated with many different chemotherapeutics, such as penicillin, the sulfonamides. These drugs stimulate Ab formation by forming new epitopes with serum proteins which then adsorb nonspecifically to the red blood cell surface so that its new epitopes are expressed4. Drug-induced reaction to blood components These diseases have been associated with many different chemotherapeutics, such as penicillin, the sulfonamides. These drugs stimulate Ab formation by forming new epitopes with serum proteins, which then adsorb nonspecifically to the red blood cell surface so that its new epitopes are expressed