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Normal Values and Proposed Scoring System for Healthy Children

Robert Neil Corriel, MD; William Theodore Kniker, MD; Joyce Lea McBryde; Bruno M. Lesourd, MD

Am J Dis Child. 1985;139(2):141-146.

Abstract
• Measurement of cutaneous delayedtype hypersensitivity (DTH) to a battery of ubiquitous antigens is an accepted means of assessing cell-mediated immunity (CMI). The recently introduced Multitest CMI system consists of a plastic multiple puncture device that simultaneously applies seven standardized recall antigens in a reproducible manner. A representative population of 448 healthy US schoolchildren was tested to determine incidence and size of DTH responses to each of the seven antigens. All responded to one or more antigens, the number and size of reactions generally increasing with age. Incidence of positive DTH tests was highest for tetanus and diphtheria toxoids, intermediate for streptococcal, Candida, and Proteus antigens, and lowest for tuberculin and Trichophyton antigens. These normal values, related to age and sex, can be a foundation for immunologic evaluation and are the basis of a proposed scoring system that distinguishes between normal DTH reactivity and diminished responsiveness.

(AJDC 1985;139:141-146)

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (Drs Corriel and Kniker and Ms McBryde); and Laboratoire d'Immunologie de l'Höpital, Paris (Dr Lesourd).

Footnotes
Reprint requests to Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Health Science Center, 7703 Floyd Curl Dr, San Antonio, TX 78284 (Dr Kniker).

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