Trends of contact allergy to fragrance mix I and Myroxylon pereirae among Danish eczema patients tested between 1985 and 2007

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 238-244

  Thyssen, Jacob P ^a   Carlsen, Berit Christina ^a   Menné, Torkil ^a   Johansen, Jeanne Duus ^a  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Allergy; Eczema patients; Epidemiology; Fragrance mix; Frequency; Myroxylon pereirae; Patch testing; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

FRAGRANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; ECZEMA; EVERNIA PRUNASTRI; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYROXYLON; NEWBORN; PATCH TEST; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGENS; BALSAMS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DENMARK; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYROXYLON; ODDS RATIO; PATCH TESTS; PERFUME; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 53149110081     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2008.01418.x     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. Bonnevie P. Aetiologie und Pathogenese der Ekzemkrankheiten. Klinische Studien über die Ursachen der Ekzeme unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Diagnostichen Wertes der Ekzemproben. Busch, Copenhagen, 1939.
2. Hjorth N. Eczematous Allergy to Balsams - with Special Reference to Balsam of Peru. Nyt Nordisk Forlag, Munksgaard, 1961.
3. Nielsen N H, Menné T. Allergic contact sensitization in an unselected Danish population. The Glostrup Allergy Study, Denmark. Acta Derm Venereol 1992 : 72 : 456 460.
4. Nielsen N H, Linneberg A, Menné T et al. Allergic contact sensitization in an adult Danish population: two cross-sectional surveys eight years apart (the Copenhagen Allergy Study). Acta Derm Venereol 2001 : 81 : 31 34.
5. Thyssen J P, Uter W, Schnuch A, Linneberg A, Johansen J D. 10-year prevalence of contact allergy in the general population in Denmark estimated through the CE-DUR method. Contact Dermatitis 2007 : 57 : 265 272.
6. Frosch P J, Pirker C, Rastogi S C et al. Patch testing with a new fragrance mix detects additional patients sensitive to perfumes and missed by the current fragrance mix. Contact Dermatitis 2005 : 52 : 207 215.
7. Pratt M D, Belsito D V, DeLeo V A et al. North American Contact Dermatitis Group patch-test results, 2001-2002 study period. Dermatitis 2004 : 15 : 176 183.
8. ®) in the European baseline patch test series. Contact Dermatitis 2008 : 58 : 129 133.
9. Frosch P J, Johansen J D, Menné T et al. Further important sensitizers in patients sensitive to fragrances. Contact Dermatitis 2002 : 47 : 279 287.
10. Rastogi S C, Lepoittevin J P, Johansen J D et al. Fragrances and other materials in deodorants: search for potentially sensitizing molecules using combined GC-MS and structure activity relationship (SAR) analysis. Contact Dermatitis 1998 : 39 : 293 303.
11. Api A M. Only Peru Balsam extracts or distillates are used in perfumery. Contact Dermatitis 2006 : 54 : 179.
12. Larsen W G. Perfume dermatitis. a study of 20 patients. Arch Dermatol 1977 : 113 : 623 626.
13. Larsen W G. Detection of allergic dermatitis to fragrances. Acta Derm Venereol Suppl (Stockh) 1987 : 134 : 83 86.
14. Johansen J D, Lepoittevin J -P, Basketter D, McFadden J, Soested H. Allergens of special interest. In : Contact Dermatitis, Frosch P, Menné T, Lepoittevin J -P (eds Berlin, Springer, 2008 : 507 525.
15. Johansen J D, Menné T. The fragrance mix and its constituents: a 14-year material. Contact Dermatitis 1995 : 32 : 18 23.
16. Johansen J, Menné T, Christophersen J, Kaaber K, Veien N. Changes in the pattern of sensitization to common contact allergens in Denmark between 1985-86 and 1997-98, with a special view to the effect of preventive strategies. Br J Dermatol 2000 : 142 : 490 495.
17. Carlsen B C, Menné T, Johansen J D. 20 Years of standard patch testing in an eczema population with focus on patients with multiple contact allergies. Contact Dermatitis 2007 : 57 : 76 83.
18. Wilkinson D S, Fregert S, Magnusson B et al. Terminology of contact dermatitis. Acta Derm Venereol 1970 : 50 : 287 292.
19. Schnuch A. PAFS: population-adjusted frequency of sensitization. (I) Influence of sex and age. Contact Dermatitis 1996 : 34 : 377 382.
20. Buckley D A, Wakelin S H, Seed P T et al. The frequency of fragrance allergy in a patch-test population over a 17-year period. Br J Dermatol 2000 : 142 : 279 283.
21. Schnuch A, Lessmann H, Geier J, Frosch P J, Uter W. Contact allergy to fragrances: frequencies of sensitization from 1996 to 2002. Results of the IVDK*. Contact Dermatitis 2004 : 50 : 65 76.
22. Hausen B M. Contact allergy to balsam of Peru. II. Patch test results in 102 patients with selected balsam of Peru constituents. Am J Contact Dermat 2001 : 12 : 93 102.
23. Lim J T, Goh C L, Ng S K, Wong W K. Changing trends in the epidemiology of contact dermatitis in Singapore. Contact Dermatitis 1992 : 26 : 321 326.
24. Lunder T, Kansky A. Increase in contact allergy to fragrances: patch-test results 1989-1998. Contact Dermatitis 2000 : 43 : 107 109.
25. Marks J G Jr., Belsito D V, DeLeo V A et al. North American Contact Dermatitis Group patch-test results, 1996-1998. Arch Dermatol 2000 : 136 : 272 273.
26. Nardelli A, Carbonez A, Ottoy W, Drieghe J, Goossens A. Frequency of and trends in fragrance allergy over a 15-year period. Contact Dermatitis 2008 : 58 : 134 141.
27. Rastogi S C, Menné T, Johansen J D. The composition of fine fragrances is changing. Contact Dermatitis 2003 : 48 : 130 132.
28. White J M, White I R, Glendinning A et al. Frequency of allergic contact dermatitis to isoeugenol is increasing: a review of 3636 patients tested from 2001 to 2005. Br J Dermatol 2007 : 157 : 580 582.
29. Buckley D A. Fragrance ingredient labelling in products on sale in the U.K. Br J Dermatol 2007 : 157 : 295 300.
30. Johansen J D, Andersen K E, Svedman C et al. Chloroatranol, an extremely potent allergen hidden in perfumes: a dose-response elicitation study. Contact Dermatitis 2003 : 49 : 180 184.
31. Rastogi S C, Johansen J D, Bossi R. Selected important fragrance sensitizers in perfumes - current exposures. Contact Dermatitis 2007 : 56 : 201 204.
32. Schnuch A, Geier J, Uter W, Frosch P J. Majantol - a new important fragrance allergen. Contact Dermatitis 2007 : 57 : 48 50.
33. ®) is still a frequent contact allergen. Contact Dermatitis (in press).
34. Thyssen J P, Johansen J D, Menné T. Contact allergy epidemics and their controls. Contact Dermatitis 2007 : 56 : 185 195.