Clinical evaluation of patients patch tested with plant series: a prospective study.

Background: Plants are ubiquitous in nature and are essential for human life, though some do have detrimental effects. In India, there are various indigenous and foreign plants that are well known to cause dermatitis, Parthenium hysterophorus being the foremost.

Aims Of The Study: To study the clinical features of patients presenting with plant dermatitis and evaluate plant allergen series patch test results.

Dermatoses among paddy field workers--a descriptive, cross-sectional pilot study.

Background: Paddy farming is one of the main occupations in coastal South India. Dermatological problems in paddy field workers have not received much attention.

Aim: The purpose of this study was to study the dermatoses of the exposed parts of the body, viz.