Contact allergy to topical antifungal agents

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 946-947

  Menezes De Padua C A ^b   Uter, W ^b   Geier, J ^b   Schnuch, A ^b   Effendy, I ^a  

^a Academic Teaching Hospital   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ciclopiroxolamine; Clinical epidemiology; Contact allergy; Imidazoles; Nystatin; Patch testing; Topical antifungals

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CICLOPIROXOLAMINE; CLOTRIMAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; NYSTATIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTACT ALLERGY; CROSS REACTION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATCH TEST; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ALLERGY;

ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATOMYCOSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH TESTS; PYRIDONES;

EID: 45149085337     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2008.01728.x     Document Type: Article

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