Contact sensitization to metronidazole from possible occupational exposure

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 117-118

  Madsen, Jakob Torp ^a   Lorentzen, Henrik Frank ^a   Paulsen, Evy ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Cross reactions; Methylchloroisothiazolinone; Methylisothiazolinone; Metronidazole; Occupational; Patch test

Indexed keywords

2 METHYL 4 ISOTHIAZOLIN 3 ONE; METRONIDAZOLE; ROZEX; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CONTACT SENSITIZATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; FACE ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATCH TEST; SKIN PRURITUS; VESICULAR RASH;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FACIAL DERMATOSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; METRONIDAZOLE; NURSING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATCH TESTS; ROSACEA; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TETRACYCLINE;

EID: 58849115367     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2008.01490.x     Document Type: Article

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