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Cross‐reactivity with Tagetes in Arnica contact eczema
Author(s) -
Pirker C.,
Möslinger T.,
Koller D. Y.,
Göutz M.,
Jarisch R.
Publication year - 1992
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.1600-0536.1992.tb00231.x
Subject(s) - tagetes , contact dermatitis , traditional medicine , medicine , allergic contact dermatitis , dermatology , contact allergy , allergy , cosmetics , botany , immunology , biology , pathology
A 69‐year‐old patient, with known mercury and adhesive plaster allergy, developed facial dermatitis within 24 h of contact with arnica ( Arnica ). Skin testing showed positive reactions to arnica and, among various other plants of the Compositae, also to Tagetes sp. hybr. (marigold). Cross‐reactivity between Tagetes and arnica has not previously been described.