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Can methylisothiazolinone be patch tested in petrolatum?
Author(s) -
Isaksson Marléne,
Gruvberger Birgitta,
Bruze Magnus
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
contact dermatitis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.524
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1600-0536
pISSN - 0105-1873
DOI - 10.1111/cod.12188
Subject(s) - marl , university hospital , medicine , dermatology , family medicine , paleontology , structural basin , biology
Conflicts of interest: The authors declare no conflict of interests. In 2005, just before the introduction of methylisothiazolinone (MI) as a preservative in cosmetic products, it was decided within the European Environmental and Contact Dermatitis Research Group to patch test with MI as an additional test preparation in each centre’s baseline series, to try to find the most optimal test concentration for this preservative (1). When