Background: Reports of allergic contact dermatitis (ACD) to phytonadione epoxide (PE) in cosmetics suggest that PE is as powerful a sensitiser as its parent compound phytonadione.
Objective: To evaluate a case series of ACD to PE in Spain.
Methods: We reviewed the records of 20 patients with ACD to cosmetics containing PE diagnosed across Spain between January 2019 and June 2023.
Contact Dermatitis
September 2024
Background: Budesonide and tixocortol pivalate as markers of contact allergy to corticosteroids have been questioned, as they are not able to detect a significant percentage of allergic patients.
Objectives: To investigate the potential role of clobetasol propionate in enhancing corticosteroid sensitisation detection.
Methods: Between January 2022 and December 2023, patients who attended centres involved in the Spanish Registry of Research in Contact Dermatitis and Cutaneous Allergy were tested with an extended baseline series that included budesonide, tixocortol pivalate, clobetasol propionate 0.
Background: A global epidemic of allergic contact dermatitis to (meth)acrylates has been described in relation to the widespread use of manicure products.
Objectives: To evaluate the frequency of sensitization to 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (2-HEMA) among consecutively patch tested patients with eczema in Spain; the percentage of current relevance; the MOAHLFA index; and, the potential sources of exposure to (meth)acrylates.
Methods: From January 2019 to December 2022, 2-HEMA 2% pet.
Background: Current frequency and features for positivity to textile dye mix (TDM) in Spain are unknown.
Objectives: To study the frequency, clinical features and simultaneous positivity between TDM, para-phenylenediamine (PPD) and specific disperse dyes.
Materials And Methods: We analysed all consecutive patients patch-tested with TDM from the Spanish Contact Dermatitis Registry (REIDAC), from 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2022.
Contact Dermatitis
March 2024
Background: Monitoring of adverse events induced by cosmetics performed by health authorities, known as cosmetovigilance, has been relied on the collection of case notifications.
Objectives: We aimed to show how a contact dermatitis registry can contribute to the cosmetovigilance of emerging allergens. We used the example of phenylethyl resorcinol, an infrequent allergen with only 6 previous cases reported in Europe and Japan since 2013.
Persistent localized dermatitis (PLD) or eczema flare-ups (EF) may occur in atopic dermatitis (AD) patients treated with dupilumab. They may reflect concomitant allergic contact dermatitis (ACD) exposed by the inhibition of the Th2 pathway by dupilumab in some cases. To evaluate the prevalence and etiology of these events and the impact of dupilumab on patch test outcome.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Current frequency and risk factors for sensitization to methylisothiazolinone (MI), methylchloroisothiazolinone/methylisothiazolinone (MCI/MI), benzisothiazolinone (BIT) and octylisothiazolinone (OIT) in Spain are not well known.
Objectives: To study the frequency of sensitization, risk factors and simultaneous sensitization between the four isothiazolinones.
Materials And Methods: We analysed all 2019-2021 consecutive patients patch-tested with MI (0.
Purpose: Dimethyl fumarate (DMF) is an oral formulation approved for the treatment of moderate-to-severe psoriasis in adult patients requiring systemic therapy. Here, we describe our clinical experience with DMF for moderate-to-severe psoriasis in Spain.
Patients And Methods: This is a retrospective study including 30 adult patients with moderate-to-severe psoriasis under treatment with DMF between September 2018 and January 2020.
Contact Dermatitis
November 2021
Actas Dermosifiliogr (Engl Ed)
May 2021
Background: Standard patch test series must be updated using objective data on allergen sensitization. The Spanish standard series was last updated in 2016 and the European series in 2019, and the inclusion of several emerging allergens needs to be evaluated.
Material And Methods: We conducted a prospective, observational, multicenter study of consecutive patients from the registry of the Spanish Contact Dermatitis and Skin Allergy Research Group (GEIDAC) who were patch tested in 2019 and 2020 with linalool hydroperoxide, limonene hydroperoxide, 2-hydroxyethyl-methacrylate, benzisothiazolinone, octylisothiazolinone, textile dye mix (TDM), sodium metabisulfite, propolis, bronopol, Compositae mix II, diazolidinyl urea, imidazolidinyl urea, decyl glucoside, and lauryl glucoside.
Contact Dermatitis
November 2021
Background: Methyldibromo glutaronitrile (MDBGN) was one of the most frequent and relevant allergens found in patch testing at the beginning of this century. In 2008, this preservative was banned from cosmetics in Europe and ever since the prevalence of contact allergy to MDBGN has progressively decreased. Despite that gradual decline, MDBGN is still patch-tested in most baseline series.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Fragrances constitute the second most frequent cause of allergic contact dermatitis in Spain.
Objectives: To determine the rate of sensitization to the individual fragrances of fragrance mix (FM) I and FM II for each of the demographic and clinical factors included in the MOAHLFA (male, occupational dermatitis, atopic dermatitis, hand dermatitis, leg dermatitis, facial dermatitis, age) index.
Methods: We conducted a 5-year retrospective study in 23 Spanish centres.
World J Pediatr
December 2020
Background: To describe the cutaneous acral findings in a pediatric population noticed during this pandemic.
Methods: A retrospective descriptive study was performed collecting data on 36 patients under 14 years old, presenting suspicious acral skin manifestations for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Results: Patients were mostly male (63.
Background: Fragrance chemicals constitute the second most frequent cause of contact allergy in Spain. There are no data available concerning the individual fragrances that are most frequently involved.
Objectives: To describe the diagnostic contribution provided by specific fragrance series to the results obtained with baseline series fragrance markers by correlating the results of both series.