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Occupational allergic contact dermatitis to virginiamycin, an antibiotic used as a food additive for pigs and poultry
Author(s) -
Tennstedt D.,
DumontFruytier M.,
Lachapelle J. M.
Publication year - 1978
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.1600-0536.1978.tb03758.x
Subject(s) - virginiamycin , contact dermatitis , antibiotics , medicine , allergic contact dermatitis , food science , allergy , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , immunology
A warehouseman aged 31 working in a pharmaceutical factory got an occupational contact dermatitis to virginiamycin (factor M), an antibiotic used as a food additive for pigs and poultry. A review is made of contact dermatitis to virginiamycin and to pristinamycin.