Open AccessPatch testing with dermatophagoides and its correlation with chronic eczema and atopic dermatitis
Author(s) -
Chetna Kapur,
Shrutakirthi D Shenoi,
Smitha Prabhu,
C Balachandran
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
indian journal of dermatology/indian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1998-3611
pISSN - 0019-5154
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5154.55633
Subject(s) - medicine , atopic dermatitis , dermatology , allergy , asthma , patch test , immunology
Chronic eczema is commonly encountered in the Indian set up. So also is atopic dermatitis. House dust mites (Dermatophagoides) are implicated in various diseases like atopic dermatitis, asthma, and perennial rhinitis. It has also been proven that patch testing with Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus (DP) is important for detection of contact sensitization in chronic dermatitis.