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Contact sensitivity in community‐based leg ulcer patients
Author(s) -
KULOZIK M.,
POWELL S.M.,
CHERRY G.,
RYAN T.J.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
clinical and experimental dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1365-2230
pISSN - 0307-6938
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2230.1988.tb00663.x
Subject(s) - medicine , etiology , leg ulcer , contact allergy , patch testing , venous leg ulcer , contact dermatitis , allergy , dermatology , surgery , immunology
Summary We performed standard epicutaneous patch testing on 59 community‐based patients with leg ulcers of predominently venous aetiology. Allergic reactions occurred in a total of 30 of 59 (50.8%) of patients and were significantly more common in patients with coexisting eczema (62%) than in those without (38%) (P<0.05). In 26 of 30 (86.7%) patients with reactions, the allergies were related to leg ulcer therapy and the treatment was changed accordingly. This study demonstrates that contact sensitivities are common among community‐based leg ulcer patients and we suggest that identification of allergens by patch testing should reduce the morbidity, in particular in those patients with complicating eczema.