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Document ID (ISN)48815
CIS number 87-1355
ISSN - Serial title 0339-6517 - Documents pour le médecin du travail
Year 1987
Convention or series no. Fiche d'allergologie-dermatologie prof. No.42
Author(s) Foussereau J.
Title Allergic dermatitis due to topically applied medications and dressing materials in occupational medicine
Original title L'eczéma allergique aux médicaments et objets de pansement en médecine du travail [in French]
Bibliographic information 2nd Quarter 1987, No.30, p.99-103. Illus. 31 ref.
Abstract Contents of this information note: clinical symptoms of allergic dermatitis due to topically applied medications; the allergological investigation; description of the allergens in question (topical anaesthetics, quaternary ammonium compounds, mercury-based antiseptics, antibiotics, balsam of Peru, laurel oil, thyme, niaouli, geranium and rose-oil extracts, asiaticoside, corticoids); allergens responsible for reactions to adhesive tape (colophony, vulcanisation accelerators, lanolin, etc.); cross reactions; preparation of a certificate indicating the presence of allergies in a person, in which the commercial products containing the allergens in question are mentioned.
Descriptors (primary) medicinal plants; allergies; iatrogenic effects; eczema; medical treatment; skin allergies
Descriptors (secondary) vulcanization accelerators; corticoids; Peru balsam; mercury and compounds; antibiotics; quaternary ammonium compounds; skin creams; vegetable oils and fats; colophony; disinfectants; anaesthetics
Document type D - Periodical articles
Subject(s) Occupational pathology
Broad subject area(s) Chemical safety
Browse category(ies) Allergies
Skin diseases