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Textbook of Contact Dermatitis
Ideally every patient with eczema should be patch tested and the importance of this investigation is now universally accepted. The simplicity of the technique belies its many pitfalls, the greatest being to lack the knowledge required to select the correct allergens and to interpret the results. The introduction, nearly 20 years ago, of the journal Contact Dermatitis greatly stimulated the reporting of the clinical side of contact dermatitis but a vast amount of laboratory work has also been published in other journals on the mechanisms and theory of these reactions. The literature on the subject is now quite vast and a comprehensive book on the clinical and research aspects of contact derma...
Textbook of Contact Dermatitis
10. 1. 1. 1 The Purpose of Patch Testing Patch testing is a well-established method of diagnosing allergic contact dermatitis, a delayed type of hypersensitivity (type IV reaction). Patients with a history and clinical picture of contact dermatitis are reexposed to the suspected allergens under controlled conditions to verify the diagnosis. Besides testing patients with hand, arm, face or leg eczema (stasis dermatitis), testing of other types of eczema (atopic, seborrhoeic dermatitis, nummular eczema) is sometimes indicated, especially when the dermatologist suspects contact allergy to prescribed topical medicaments and their vehicles. Apart from its use to confirm a suspected allergic contact dermatitis, the patch test procedure can also be used before recommending alternative corti costeroids, skin care products, cosmetics, gloves, etc. in a particular patient. If the patient does not react to the alternatives tested, it is very unlikely that she or he will react to the products in ordinary use. 10. 1. 1.2 Standardization The first patch tests according to present principles were carried out in 1895 [1], but were preceded by some preliminary experiments [2] (see Chap. 1).
Current Catalog
First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.
The Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children
A recounting of the period of momentous change in pediatric medicine in one of the world's most famous children's hospitals.
The Medical Register
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Occupational Skin Disease
Presenting the latest edition of this authoritative and detailed text that provides everything a reader needs to know about diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of occupational skin disease in a user-friendly format. Features the latest findings and offers expert advice on making an accurate diagnosis. Over 40 world-renowned clinician-contributors suggest practical management solutions for a host of occupational skin diseases encountered in practice. This edition includes extensive information on the new and easy method of patch testing, and an expanded section on job descriptions with their irritants and allergens. Also includes current information on contact and environmental dermatology.
