Allergic contact dermatitis to topical metronidazole - 3 Cases

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 364-366

  Madsen, Jakob Torp ^a   Thormann, Jens ^b   Kerre, Stefan ^c   Andersen, Klaus E ^a   Goossens, An ^d  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Skin Clinic   (Denmark)

^c Skin Clinic   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Metronidazole; Patch test; Rosacea

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE VALERATE; BIFONAZOLE; CLOTRIMAZOLE; CORTICOSTEROID; ECONAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUCICORT; FUSIDIC ACID; HYDROCORTISONE; ISOCONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; KLINOTAB; METRONIDAZOLE; MICONAZOLE; MINOCYCLINE; ROZEX; SULCONAZOLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHIN; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECZEMA; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; NOSE; PAPULE; PATCH TEST; PRURITUS; ROSACEA; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN SWELLING; SKIN TEST; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; TOPICAL TREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER LIP;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DRUG ERUPTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; METRONIDAZOLE; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH TESTS; ROSACEA; SKIN;

EID: 34250664932     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2006.01064.x     Document Type: Article

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