Allergic contact dermatitis from modified colophonium in wound dressings

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 5-9

  Pereira, Teresa M ^a   Flour, Maria ^b   Goossens, An ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE BRAGA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Colophonium; Glyceryl rosinate; Leg ulcer; Modified colophonium; Patch test; Rosin; Treatment; Wound dressings

Indexed keywords

2 HYDROXYETHYL METHACRYLATE; 2 PHENOXYETHANOL; ACRYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BACITRACIN; BALSAM; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; BENZOCAINE; BUDESONIDE; CLIOQUINOL; DUODERM; ERYTHROMYCIN ETHYLSUCCINATE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL DIMETHACRYLATE; FRAGRANCE; GLYCERYL ROSINATE; HEXADECANOL; LANOLIN ALCOHOL; MACROGOL; METHACRYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; NEOMYCIN; NICKEL SULFATE; NONOXINOL; PERMANGANATE POTASSIUM; PETROLATUM; PHENYLENEDIAMINE; PROPYLENE; ROSIN; ROSIN DERIVATIVE; ROSIN PENTAERYTHRITOL ESTER; UNINDEXED DRUG; ZINC OXIDE;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CROSS REACTION; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCOLLOID DRESSING; LEG COMPRESSION; LEG ULCER; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATCH TEST; REVIEW; SKIN ALLERGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; WOUND DRESSING;

AGED; BANDAGES, HYDROCOLLOID; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG ULCER; PATCH TESTS; RESINS, PLANT;

EID: 33845534542     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2007.01026.x     Document Type: Review

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