Occupational allergic contact dermatitis from azithromycin in pharmaceutical workers: A case series

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 99-102

  Milković Kraus, Sanja ^a   Macan, Jelena ^a   Kanceljak Macan, Božica ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Azithromycin; Hypersensitivity; Occupational exposure to pharmaceuticals

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; AZITHROMYCIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT SENSITIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; LARYNGITIS; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; PATCH TEST; POWDER; PRICK TEST; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; RISK FACTOR; SKIN ALLERGY; URTICARIA; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; CROATIA; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; DRUG INDUSTRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH TESTS;

EID: 33846430867     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2007.00999.x     Document Type: Article

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