Table 5.

Histological quantitative criteria for inflammatory infiltrate in myocarditis from other studies

Authors	Specimen	Number of patients	Patient age (years)	Cells per field	Magnifying power	IHC
Yutani et al (1981)25	Kawasaki	201	< 18	10–20	200×	No
Edwards et al (1982)26	Heart disease	170	29		400× (20 fields counted)	No
Linder et al (1985)24	Normal	20	61	25–30/mm2	500× (20 fields counted)	No
Tazelaar et al (1986)9	Heart transplant donors	86	23	Focus of at least 5 cells	80×	No
Kuhl et al (1995)27	DCM	176		> 2 (> 7 cells/mm2)	400× (10 fields counted)	Yes
Holzinger et al (1995)28	Heart transplant donors	7		≥ 17 cells/mm2	400×	Yes
Maisch et al (1998)29	–	56		> 14 cells/mm2	400×	Yes

IHC, immunohistochemistry (No: not used, Yes: used).