Patch tests with occupational contactants in nurses, doctors and dentists.

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is a lack of prospective studies investigating contact sensitization in patients with chronic leg ulcers. OBJECTIVES:To determine the frequency of contact sensitization in patients with chronic leg ulcers using a special series of patch tests and to determine whether the number of sensitizations was c...

journal_title：Contact dermatitis

authors： Barbaud A,Collet E,Le Coz CJ,Meaume S,Gillois P

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surgical rubber gloves contain allergens derived from natural rubber latex which may sensitize, causing contact urticaria and even systemic reactions. We examined 15 hospital employees allergic to latex surgical gloves, using various skin tests and RAST, to determine the most reliable diagnostic method and to investig...

journal_title：Contact dermatitis

authors： Turjanmaa K,Reunala T,Räsänen L

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:46 yellow and white petrolatums were screened for their skin sensitizing properties in 3 subjects with known histories of contact sensitivity to yellow petrolatum. Patch testing revealed that all the petrolatums examined contain sensitizing substances in varying amounts. The results were analyzed with regard to origin...

journal_title：Contact dermatitis

authors： Dooms-Goossens A,Degreef H

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allergic contact dermatitis is recognized as a public health problem and some major allergens have been subject to intervention aiming at lowering skin exposure. There is an obvious interest in evaluating the effect of such interventions. Population studies are difficult to perform and epidemiological studies based on...

journal_title：Contact dermatitis

authors： Lindberg M,Edman B,Fischer T,Stenberg B

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patch testing was carried out in 851 atopic patients; 181 atopic dermatitis (AD) patients were additionally tested with 50% dilutions of the test substances. The occurrence of allergic and irritant reactions was frequent, being 57% and 33% for AD patients aged 28-41 years and 19-27 years, respectively. Among age-match...

journal_title：Contact dermatitis

authors： Lammintausta K,Kalimo K,Fagerlund VL

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metallic aluminium and methylene blue applied to human skin interact and give a strong resistant coloration, obtained neither with methylene blue itself nor with other dyes. The reaction proves that aluminium is not an inert material and that the aluminium in Finn chambers can be expected to interact with other patch ...

journal_title：Contact dermatitis

authors： Fischer T,Maibach H

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surface-active agents (surfactants) are characterized by the possession of 2 different moieties, both polar and non-polar regions on the same molecule. Surfactants are broadly classified as anionic, cationic, amphoteric, or non-ionic, according to the nature of the hydrophile yielded in aqueous solution. In currently ...

journal_title：Contact dermatitis

authors： Effendy I,Maibach HI

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Colophonium is a common contact allergen that is present not only in household products but also in occupational settings. OBJECTIVES:To describe the sources of occupational exposure to colophonium and the occupations at risk of colophonium allergy. METHODS:We reviewed patch test files from the years 2002 ...

journal_title：Contact dermatitis

authors： Pesonen M,Suuronen K,Suomela S,Aalto-Korte K

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of contact hypersensitivity (CHS) in adult widespread eczema (WE) and to analyse the aetiology of WE. 108 consecutive adult WE patients were patch tested. 352 patients with suspected localized allergic contact dermatitis (ACD) tested in the same period served as a ...

journal_title：Contact dermatitis

authors： Li LF,Wang J

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Red tattoos are prone to allergic reactions. The identity of the allergen(s) is mostly unknown. OBJECTIVES:Chemical analysis of human skin biopsies from chronic allergic reactions in red tattoos to identify culprit pigment(s) and metals. MATERIAL AND METHODS:One hundred four dermatome biopsies were analyze...

journal_title：Contact dermatitis

authors： Serup J,Hutton Carlsen K,Dommershausen N,Sepehri M,Hesse B,Seim C,Luch A,Schreiver I

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure to formaldehyde is common from both consumer products and industry. The reliability of the patch test is essential for the diagnosis of formaldehyde allergy as it is difficult to suspect from the patient's history. The recommended formaldehyde patch test concentration has been reduced over the last decades fr...

journal_title：Contact dermatitis

authors： Trattner A,Johansen JD,Menné T

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prevention of NiSO4 induced allergic contact dermatitis (ACD) using ZnSO4 in drinking water was studied in a guinea pig model. Without ZnSO4 interventions, nickel (Ni)-exposure resulted in significantly higher (p less than 0.05) stimulation indices (SIs) as compared to non-exposed controls, using NiSO4 as an allergen ...

journal_title：Contact dermatitis

authors： Warner RD,Dorn CR,Blakeslee JR,Gerken DF,Gordon JC,Angrick EJ

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixteen patients with verified light sensitivity to both UVB and UVA wavebands showed allergic reactions to various lichen plants (Parmelia spp., Hypogymnia spp., Pseuodovernia spp., Cladonia spp., Platismatia spp., Physcia spp., Umbilicaria spp. and Cetraria spp.). Among the aromatic lichen compounds, atranorin was o...

journal_title：Contact dermatitis

authors： Thune PO,Solberg YJ

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:According to some reports in the literature, the hormonal fluctuations which occur during the menstrual cycle may affect the clinical expression of contact allergy to a greater or lesser degree. In clinical practice, too, patient history often shows exacerbation of the contact dermatitis during the days immediately pr...

journal_title：Contact dermatitis

authors： Bonamonte D,Foti C,Antelmi AR,Biscozzi AM,Naro ED,Fanelli M,Loverro G,Angelini G

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a retrospective study on selected group of patients, the coincidence of birch pollen allergy and a clinically relevant positive prick test reaction to apples and potatoes was confirmed. Immunochemical comparison using the crossed line immunoelectrophoresis technique (CLIE) confirmed partial identity between birch p...

journal_title：Contact dermatitis

authors： Andersen KE,Løwenstein H

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the present study was to compare the frequency of lanolin allergy during two periods and to assess the adequacy of testing with one standard allergen. Among 1230 consecutive patients with eczema who were standard patch tested, 33 (2.7%), 21 females and 12 males, gave a positive reaction to wool alcohols...

journal_title：Contact dermatitis

authors： Mortensen T

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Japanese lacquer is made from the sap of the Japanese lacquer tree (Toxicodendron vernicifluum), a member of the Anacardiacae plant family. Objects painted with this material are described collectively as lacquerware. Both fresh lacquer and lacquerware may evoke allergic contact reactions ascribable to the urushiols c...

journal_title：Contact dermatitis

authors： Kawai K,Nakagawa M,Kawai K,Miyakoshi T,Miyashita K,Asami T

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have examined 6 construction workers who developed chronic skin diseases on their hands over a period of 15 years (1970-1985). 4 developed a Trichophyton rubrum infection, and the other 2 an irritant contact dermatitis. All of them carried out jobs which caused traumatization of the skin, due to the presence of eth...

journal_title：Contact dermatitis

authors： Skogstad M,Levy F

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A (DGEBA) is the monomer and most important contact allergen in epoxy resin(s) based on bisphenol A (DGEBA-R). Both thin-layer chromatography (TLC) and high-pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) methods are available for the analysis of products containing DGEBA-R. With respect to detecti...

journal_title：Contact dermatitis

authors： Pontén A,Zimerson E,Sörensen O,Bruze M

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Imidazolidinyl urea releases formaldehyde through decomposition. However, there have been few reports on the chemistry of imidazolidinyl urea in cosmetics. OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to characterize imidazolidinyl urea-derived compounds in cosmetics and to determine which compounds are responsible...

journal_title：Contact dermatitis

authors： Doi T,Takeda A,Asada A,Kajimura K

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A healed or healing allergic contact dermatitis is easily reactivated to a flare-up if the patient is provoked systemically with his particular allergen. 5 patients with contact allergy to gold were patch tested with a serial dilution of gold sodium thiosulfate. 1 to 2 months later, when positive test reactions were h...

journal_title：Contact dermatitis

authors： Möller H,Björkner B,Bruze M,Lundqvist K,Wollmer P

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The frequencies of cosmetics intolerance and contact allergy to colophony were investigated among 116 singers and dancers and 16 make-up artists. Participants were interviewed, examined and patch tested with a standard series and materials from the opera house. Common skin lesions were found in 1/3 of participants and...

journal_title：Contact dermatitis

authors： Färm G,Karlberg AT,Lidén C

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Occupational skin disease is one of the most common occupational diseases. The hand is the most frequent site of involvement in occupational skin disease. We interviewed and examined patients seen in the Contact Dermatitis Clinic of the National Taiwan University Medical Center, a tertiary referral center in Taipei Ci...

journal_title：Contact dermatitis

authors： Sun CC,Guo YL,Lin RS

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-six of 37 veterinary surgeons with incapacitating dermatitis had allergic contact dermatitis, mainly from antibiotics such as spiramycin, Penethamate BP and tylosin. Eight were sensitive to rubber materials. Twenty of 36 had positive prick or scratch tests, mainly to animal hair. The atopic sensitivities were r...

journal_title：Contact dermatitis

authors： Hjorth N,Roed-Petersen J

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the frequency of sensitization to 26 fragrances to be labelled according to current European regulation. During 4 periods of 6 months, from 1 January 2003 to 31 December 2004, 26 fragrances were patch tested additionally to the standard series in a total of 21 325 patients; the number of patients tested with ...

journal_title：Contact dermatitis

authors： Schnuch A,Uter W,Geier J,Lessmann H,Frosch PJ

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic irritant contact dermatitis (ICD) is one of the most pressing problems in occupational medicine and is common in the food processing industry. To date, protective creams that fulfil the special requirements in the foodstuffs industry have not been available. Therefore, we studied the efficacy of pre-exposure a...

journal_title：Contact dermatitis

authors： Schliemann-Willers S,Wigger-Alberti W,Kleesz P,Grieshaber R,Elsner P

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patch testing with chemical irritants almost always produces a striking variability in the intensity of reaction between individuals, even amongst normal, healthy subjects. Whilst there have been many attempts to define factors which predispose to heightened or, conversely, to diminished reactivity, the underlying cel...

journal_title：Contact dermatitis

authors： Willis CM

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An outbreak of occupational dermatitis in an electroforming plant where there was heavy exposure to nickel is described. Patch test investigations confirmed nickel allergy in 13 of 27 exposed individuals. Nickel chloride was found to be a more reliable patch test allergen than nickel sulphate. Improvements in industri...

journal_title：Contact dermatitis

authors： Wall LM,Calnan CD

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Nickel Directive will become law in the countries of the European Union in 1996. This directive states that the concentration of nickel in post assemblies (used after ear piercing) may not exceed 0.05%, that products which come into direct and prolonged contact with the skin, e.g. earrings, watchstraps or zippers,...

journal_title：Contact dermatitis

authors： Gawkrodger DJ

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kojic acid (5-hydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)-4-pyrone), a fungal metabolic product, has increasingly been used as a skin-depigmenting agent in skin care products marketed in Japan since 1988. In order to determine its frequency of sensitization, during 1 year from October 1992 to September 1993, we performed patch testing ...

journal_title：Contact dermatitis

authors： Nakagawa M,Kawai K,Kawai K

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00