European Surveillance System on Contact Allergies (ESSCA): Contact allergies in relation to body sites in patients with allergic contact dermatitis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Analyses of the European Surveillance System on Contact Allergies (ESSCA) database have focused primarily on the prevalence of contact allergies to the European baseline series, both overall and in subgroups of patients. However, affected body sites have hitherto not been addressed.

Objective

To determine the prevalence of contact allergies for distinct body sites in patients with allergic contact dermatitis (ACD).

Methods

Analysis of data collected by the ESSCA (www.essca-dc.org) in consecutively patch tested patients, from 2009 to 2014, in eight European countries was performed. Cases were selected on the basis of the presence of minimally one positive patch test reaction to the baseline series, and a final diagnosis of ACD attributed to only one body sit

SUBMITTER: Oosterhaven JAF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6590142 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature