Is the irritant benzalkonium chloride a contact allergen? A contribution to the ongoing debate from a clinical perspective

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 359-363

  Uter, Wolfgang ^a   Lessmann, Holger ^b   Geier, Johannes ^b   Schnuch, Axel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benzalkonium chloride; CAS 8001 54 5; Clinical epidemiology; Contact allergy; Patch test

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; DISINFECTANT AGENT; PETROLATUM; TOPICAL AGENT;

ADULT; ALLERGIC REACTION; ALLERGY TEST; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTACT SENSITIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATCH TEST; SKIN ALLERGY;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGENS; BENZALKONIUM COMPOUNDS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, IRRITANT; DISINFECTANTS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATCH TESTS; PRESERVATIVES, PHARMACEUTICAL; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 44349126639     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2008.01327.x     Document Type: Article

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