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More Than 50 Allergens Linked with Skin Cleansers

Dermatitis; ePub 2017 Dec 18; Warshaw, et al

Publish date:: February 7, 2018

Many allergens, especially preservatives and surfactants, were associated with skin cleansers (SCs), according to a recent study. Most cases involved the hands and were occupationally related. A retrospective cross-sectional analysis was performed using North American Contact Dermatitis Group data, 2000–2014. Researchers found:

Of 32,945 tested patients, 1,069 (3.24%) had either allergic patch test (APT) reaction or irritant contact dermatitis (ICD) associated with SCs.
Of these, 692 (64.7%) had APT reaction only, 350 (32.7%) had ICD only, and 27 (2.5%) had both.
Individuals with APT reaction and/or ICD were more likely to have occupationally related skin disease for APT reaction and 10.0 for ICD, respectively.
As compared with those without APT reaction to SC, individuals with APT reaction had significantly higher frequencies of hand and arm dermatitis.
ICD was strongly associated with hand dermatitis.
>50 allergens were associated with SCs.

Citation:

Warshaw EM, Goodier MC, DeKoven J, et al. Contact dermatitis associated with skin cleansers: Retrospective analysis of North American Contact Dermatitis Group Data 2000–2014. [Published online ahead of print December 18, 2017]. Dermatitis. doi:10.1097/DER.0000000000000330.

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