Patch Testing with the Patients'Own Products.
In: Dictionary of Contact Allergens; 2007, p255-280, 26p
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Commercially available patch test kits (standard series and various supplementary series) are the basis of a diagnostic work-up if an allergic contact dermatitis is to be confirmed. However, various investigators have shown that this way of testing is not sufficient. Menné et al. [20] found in a multicenter study that the European Standard Series detects only 37-73% of the responsible allergens in patients with contact dermatitis. The additional and/or separately tested allergens were positive in 5-23%; the authors emphasize the necessity of testing with the products actually used by the patient. In Italy, an analysis of 230 patients referred to a contact clinic because of suspected occupational contact dermatitis showed that the standard series alone detected 69.9% of all cases considered to be of an allergic nature [22]; 26.3% of all allergic cases were positive only to supplementary series. The agents most commonly responsible for allergic contact dermatitis were metals and para-phenylenediamine. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Patch Testing with the Patients'Own Products.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Lepoittevin, Jean-Pierre ; Le Coz, Christophe J. ; Frosch, Peter J. ; Geier, Johannes ; Uter, Wolfgang ; Goossens, An |
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Quelle: | Dictionary of Contact Allergens; 2007, p255-280, 26p |
Veröffentlichung: | 2007 |
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ISBN: | 978-3-540-74164-0 (print) |
DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-540-74165-7_2 |
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