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ALMA ROTHHOLZ, M.D.; ANN G. KUTTNER, M.D.

Am J Dis Child. 1934;47(3):559-564.

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It has been noted by several observers that the Schick reaction is unreliable in new-born infants. Infants, born of mothers who gave a positive reaction to the Schick test, who have no demonstrable antitoxin in their blood fail in a large percentage of instances to give a positive reaction to the Schick test.

Von Groer and Kassowitz¹ found that only seven infants of twenty-three who had been shown to have no antitoxin in their cord blood gave positive reactions when tested intradermally. Thus, 70 per cent failed to react. In Ruh and McClelland's² series of twenty-four infants born of mothers giving positive reactions to the Schick test, four, or 17 per cent, gave a negative skin test. In Kuttner and Ratner's³ eleven cases, seven, or 64 per cent, failed to react.

It is obvious that the number of infants observed by these authors is too small to . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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Aided by a grant from the Helen Hartley Jenkins Fund and a grant from the Henry Strong Denison Fund.

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