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Occupational contact dermatitis caused by sodium cocoamphopropionate in a liquid soap used in fast‐food restaurants
Author(s) -
Hagvall Lina,
BråredChristensson Johanna,
Inerot Annica
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.12209
Subject(s) - university hospital , medicine , dermatology , family medicine
We report here 2 cases of occupational contact dermatitis aggrevated by contact allergy to sodium cocoamphopropionate, a surfactant present in the disinfectant soap used at the workplace. The patients worked in fast-food restaurants of multinational chains, where hygiene routines require very frequent hand washing. To the best of our knowledge, these are the first cases of contact allergy to sodium cocoamphopropionate.