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Contact dermatitis to semisynthetic penicillins in factory workers
Author(s) -
Møller N. E.,
Nielsen B.,
Würden K. Von
Publication year - 1986
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.1600-0536.1986.tb05282.x
Subject(s) - hay fever , medicine , contact dermatitis , penicillin , allergic contact dermatitis , allergy , antibiotics , allergen , dermatology , patch testing , factory (object oriented programming) , immunology , chemistry , biochemistry , computer science , programming language
45 workers developed dermatitis after handling semi‐synthetic penicillins in a factory. All reacted on patch lest, but several agents had to be used. Only 7 reacted to benzyl penicillin. 1/2 reacted to only one allergen, while 2/3 reacted to several. The duration of exposure before symptoms was short, often less than 2 months, 19 had hay lever or asthma, and they developed their symptoms after a shorter exposure time. A survey for airborne antibiotics was performed.