Ostalo
Retrospective Survey of Patch Testing at Department of Dermatology and Venerology, Zagreb University Hospital Center in Zagreb, Croatia
Sandra Marinović-Kulišić
; Department of Dermatology and Venerology, Zagreb University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
Jasna Lipozenčić
; Department of Dermatology and Venerology, Zagreb University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
Suzana Ljubojević
; Department of Dermatology and Venerology, Zagreb University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
Višnja Milavec-Puretić
; Department of Dermatology and Venerology, Zagreb University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
Sažetak
Epicutaneous (patch) test is a standard test to confirm contact allergy. During a six-year period (1998-2003), contact allergic dermati tis
was di ag nosed in 4132 (65%) of 6341 pa tients us ing stan dard patch test
with a Croatian series of al lergens according to the International Contact
Dermatitis Research Group (ICDRG). The most common clinical diagnoses
related to contact allergy (male; female) were contact allergic dermatitis
(65.4%; 72.2%); atopic dermatitis (15.9%; 11.7%); contact irritant dermatitis
(7.0%; 6.6%) and nummular eczematoid dermatitis (4.2%; 2.4%). Ac cording to occupation, positive patch test reaction was most com monly observed in work ers, whereas 65% of patients showed positive reactions to
one or more substances. There was an in creased frequency of positive
patch test reactions to potassium dichromate, nickel sulfate, thimerosal and
neomycine sulfate, along with a significant decrease in the frequency of
positive patch test reactions to cobalt chloride, carbamix, wood tars, de tergents, parabens mixture, urushiol and rubber mixture. We strongly rec ommend keep ing up-to-date with the epidemiology of contact allergy in Croatia.
Ključne riječi
contact sensitivity; epidemiology; patch testing
Hrčak ID:
88550
URI
Datum izdavanja:
1.4.2004.
Posjeta: 956 *