Premium
Severe allergy to sorbolene cream
Author(s) -
MacKenzieWood Andrew R,
Freeman Susanne
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
australasian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.67
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1440-0960
pISSN - 0004-8380
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-0960.1997.tb01096.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dermatology , patch testing , foot (prosody) , hand dermatitis , allergic contact dermatitis , allergy , contact dermatitis , allergic dermatitis , preservative , food science , immunology , linguistics , philosophy , chemistry
SUMMARY A 40‐year‐old male developed a constant hand and foot dermatitis in 1980 while using sorbolene cream as a barrier cream at work. He was forced to leave his trade as a motor mechanic because of his hand dermatitis. It was not until 16 years later that he was diagnosed as having an allergic contact dermatitis to chlorocresol secondary to an endogenous hand and foot dermatitis. Chlorocresol is the preservative used in sorbolene cream as well as many corticosteroid creams. Patch testing carried out in 1983 was negative but had omitted testing with chlorocresol or sorbolene cream.