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Face dermatitis from contaminants on a mask for anaesthesia
Author(s) -
Komericki P.,
SzolarPlatzer C.,
Kränke B.,
Aberer W.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2000.03261.x
Subject(s) - sensitization , medicine , dermatology , contact dermatitis , allergen , preservative , allergic contact dermatitis , disinfectant , general anaesthesia , irritant contact dermatitis , anesthesia , allergy , chemistry , immunology , pathology , food science
Allergic and irritant contact reactions to face masks for anaesthesia have rarely been reported. We present a 55‐year‐old female patient who developed facial allergic contact dermatitis after an operation requiring general anaesthesia. Patch tests showed positive reactions to cocospropylenediamin‐guanidinium‐diacetate (trivial name Dodigen 3558), a preservative used in disinfectants for medical instruments. It could be proven that residues of the causative allergen in the disinfectant adhered to the mask. This is the first report of a clinically relevant sensitization to this increasingly widely used agent.