North American Contact Dermatitis Group Patch Test Results 2013–2014

2016281 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Joel G. DeKoven · University of Toronto

Erin M. Warshaw · University of Minnesota

D. Belsito · Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Denis Sasseville · Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Howard I. Maibach · University of California, San Francisco

James S. Taylor · Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine

James G. Marks

Abstract

These results confirm that the epidemic of sensitivity to methylisothiazolinone previously documented in Europe is also occurring in North America. Patch testing with allergens beyond a standard screening tray is necessary for the complete evaluation of occupational and nonoccupational allergic contact dermatitis.

Topics & Keywords

Contact Dermatitis and Allergies Occupational exposure and asthma Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Dermatitis

Volume 28, Issue 1, pp. 33-46

DOI: 10.1097/der.0000000000000225

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