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CONTACT PHOTODERMATITIS DUE TO TRIBROMSALICYLANILTDE
Author(s) -
OSMUNDSEN P. E.
Publication year - 1968
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 - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1968.tb11963.x
Subject(s) - photosensitizer , dermatology , medicine , toilet , pathology , photochemistry , chemistry
SUMMARY.— During a period of 3 months contact photoallergy to tribrom‐salicylanilide (TBS) in a toilet soap was diagnosed in 39 patients in Copenhagen. The clinical features are described and the results of photopatch tests are reported. The importance of using long wave UV in photopatch testing is emphasized. Evidence is presented that TBS is a primary photosensitizer with a sensitizelzing potential approximately equal to that of tetrachlorsalicylanilide. The frequency of photosensitization is estimated as 1:1000 users.