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Allergic contact dermatitis due to rubber chemicals in haemodialysis equipment
Author(s) -
Kruisde Vries M. H.,
Coenraads P. J.,
Nater J. P.
Publication year - 1987
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.1600-0536.1987.tb01482.x
Subject(s) - natural rubber , contact dermatitis , dermatology , medicine , allergy , allergic contact dermatitis , contact allergy , forearm , surgery , materials science , immunology , composite material
6 of 80 haemodislysed patients developed a sub‐acute eczematous dermatitis of the area surrounding the arteriovenous shunt in the forearm. Patch tests were positive to rubber chemicald 6 patients reacted to the thiuram group, 4 of them also to carbo compounds. Since the equipment contained only small pieces of rubber, the cause of the allergy remains obscure. It is possible that allergy was caused by short and intermittent contact of the skin with the rubber gloves used by the nursing personnel.