Medicament Contact Dermatitis in Patients with Chronic Inflammatory Ear Disease
Author(s) -
Robert C. Holmes,
J. D. Wilkinson,
Amanda Johns,
Martin M. Black,
R. J. G. Rycroft
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
journal of the royal society of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.38
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1758-1095
pISSN - 0141-0768
DOI - 10.1177/014107688207500108
Subject(s) - medicine , contact dermatitis , neomycin , dermatology , allergic contact dermatitis , allergy , immunology , antibiotics , biology , microbiology and biotechnology
Patch testing of 40 patients with chronic inflammatory ear disease demonstrated medicament allergic contact dermatitis in 35%. The most frequent sensitizers were neomycin, framycetin, clioquinol and gentamicin. Although allergic contact dermatitis to dewaxing ear drops was unusual, irritant reactions were common.
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