Thiuram-elicited contact dermatitis mistaken for local anesthetic intolerance

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 301-302

  Yilmaz, B ^a   Courvoisier, S ^a   Bircher, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Dental patients; Differential diagnosis; Local anesthetic intolerance; Rubber chemicals; Rubber gloves; Thiurams

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ARTICAINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; RUBBER; SOTALOL; UBISTESIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATCH TEST; PRICK TEST; PROVOCATION TEST;

AGED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; DENTAL CARE; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; GLOVES, SURGICAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RUBBER; THIRAM;

EID: 0032834296     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1999.tb06174.x     Document Type: Article

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