Six children with allergic contact dermatitis to methylisothiazolinone in wet wipes (baby wipes)

Pediatrics

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Chang, Mary Wu ^a   Nakrani, Radhika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact dermatitis; Diaper dermatitis; Eczema; Methylisothiazolinone; Patch testing; Perioral dermatitis; Wipes

Indexed keywords

2 METHYL 4 ISOTHIAZOLIN 3 ONE; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CEFALEXIN; CEFDINIR; CORTICOSTEROID; GRAMICIDIN PLUS NEOMYCIN PLUS POLYMYXIN B; HYDROCORTISONE; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; RETAPAMULIN; TACROLIMUS; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHEEK; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATOLOGICAL EQUIPMENT; DIAPER DERMATITIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECZEMA; ERYTHEMA; FACE RASH; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPETIGO; MALE; PATCH TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN PRURITUS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WET WIPE;

CONTACT DERMATITIS; DIAPER DERMATITIS; ECZEMA; METHYLISOTHIAZOLINONE; PATCH TESTING; PERIORAL DERMATITIS; WIPES;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DISINFECTANTS; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS; HUMANS; MALE; THIAZOLES;

EID: 84893230300     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2013-1453     Document Type: Article

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