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Allergen change in stasis dermatitis *
Author(s) -
Breit Reinhard
Publication year - 1977
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/j.1600-0536.1977.tb03693.x
Subject(s) - allergy , medicine , incidence (geometry) , allergen , dermatology , sensitization , allergic contact dermatitis , contact dermatitis , neomycin , contact allergy , immunology , antibiotics , biology , physics , microbiology and biotechnology , optics
Stasis dermatitis of the lower leg is very often complicated by secondary contact allergy. A comparison of seven reported studies with our recent personal series of 118 cases revealed a difference in the incidence of sensitization between 39.5–90.5 %, due to selection for clinical reasons. The true incidence of contact allergy lies between 50–60 %. The importance of the individual allergens is nevertheless changing. In the last 10 years neomycin allergy has doubled; gentamycin has become an important primary allergen rather than a cross reactor.