European Surveillance System on Contact Allergies (ESSCA): Characteristics of patients patch tested and diagnosed with irritant contact dermatitis.

RRID:SCR_001905 body site eczema epidemiology irritant contact dermatitis occupational contact dermatitis patch testing sensitization

Journal

Contact dermatitis
ISSN: 1600-0536
Titre abrégé: Contact Dermatitis
Pays: England
ID NLM: 7604950

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
17 Mar 2021
Historique:
revised: 07 03 2021
received: 08 12 2020
accepted: 09 03 2021
pubmed: 18 3 2021
medline: 18 3 2021
entrez: 17 3 2021
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

Irritant contact dermatitis (ICD) is caused by the acute locally toxic effect of a strong irritant, or the cumulative exposure to various weaker physical and/or chemical irritants. To describe the characteristics of patients with ICD in the population patch tested in the European Surveillance System on Contact Allergies (ESSCA; www.essca-dc.org) database. Data collected by the ESSCA in consecutively patch-tested patients from January 2009 to December 2018 were analyzed. Of the 68 072 patients, 8702 were diagnosed with ICD (without concomitant allergic contact dermatitis [ACD]). Hand and face were the most reported anatomical sites, and 45.7% of the ICD was occupational ICD (OICD). The highest proportions of OICD were found in metal turners, bakers, pastry cooks, and confectionery makers. Among patients diagnosed with ICD, 45% were found sensitized with no relevance for the current disease. The hands were mainly involved in OICD also in the subgroup of patients with contact dermatitis, in whom relevant contact sensitization had been ruled out, emphasizing the need for limiting irritant exposures. However, in difficult-to-treat contact dermatitis, unrecognized contact allergy, or unrecognized clinical relevance of identified allergies owing to incomplete or wrong product ingredient information must always be considered.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
Irritant contact dermatitis (ICD) is caused by the acute locally toxic effect of a strong irritant, or the cumulative exposure to various weaker physical and/or chemical irritants.
OBJECTIVES OBJECTIVE
To describe the characteristics of patients with ICD in the population patch tested in the European Surveillance System on Contact Allergies (ESSCA; www.essca-dc.org) database.
METHODS METHODS
Data collected by the ESSCA in consecutively patch-tested patients from January 2009 to December 2018 were analyzed.
RESULTS RESULTS
Of the 68 072 patients, 8702 were diagnosed with ICD (without concomitant allergic contact dermatitis [ACD]). Hand and face were the most reported anatomical sites, and 45.7% of the ICD was occupational ICD (OICD). The highest proportions of OICD were found in metal turners, bakers, pastry cooks, and confectionery makers. Among patients diagnosed with ICD, 45% were found sensitized with no relevance for the current disease.
CONCLUSIONS CONCLUSIONS
The hands were mainly involved in OICD also in the subgroup of patients with contact dermatitis, in whom relevant contact sensitization had been ruled out, emphasizing the need for limiting irritant exposures. However, in difficult-to-treat contact dermatitis, unrecognized contact allergy, or unrecognized clinical relevance of identified allergies owing to incomplete or wrong product ingredient information must always be considered.

Identifiants

pubmed: 33729576
doi: 10.1111/cod.13833
pmc: PMC8360089
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

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Informations de copyright

Contact Dermatitis© 2021 The Authors. Contact Dermatitis published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

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Auteurs

Laura Loman (L)

Department of Dermatology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.

Wolfgang Uter (W)

Department of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen/Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.

José C Armario-Hita (JC)

Department of Dermatology, University Hospital of Puerto Real, University of Cádiz, Cádiz, Spain.

Fabio Ayala (F)

Department of Dermatology, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.

Anna Balato (A)

Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.

Barbara K Ballmer-Weber (BK)

Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.
Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Zürich and Clinic of Dermatology and Allergology, Kantonsspital St Gallen, Zürich, Switzerland.

Andrea Bauer (A)

Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany.

Andreas J Bircher (AJ)

Department of Dermatology, Allergy Unit, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.

Timo Buhl (T)

Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.

Magdalena Czarnecka-Operacz (M)

Department of Dermatology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland.

Heinrich Dickel (H)

Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.

Thomas Fuchs (T)

Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.

Ana Giménez Arnau (A)

Department of Dermatology, Hospital del Mar, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.

Swen M John (SM)

Department of Dermatology and Environmental Medicine, Institute for Interdisciplinary Dermatologic Prevention and Rehabilitation (iDerm), University of Osnabrück, Lower Saxony Institute for Occupational Dermatology (NIB), Osnabrück, Germany.

Birger Kränke (B)

Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.

Beata Kręcisz (B)

Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, Institute of Medical Science, Jan Kochanowski University, Kielce, Poland.
Department of Dermatology, Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, Łódź, Poland.

Vera Mahler (V)

Department of Dermatology, University Hospital of Erlangen, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany.
Division of Allergology, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Langen, Germany.

Thomas Rustemeyer (T)

Department of Dermatology-Allergology and Occupational Dermatology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Anna Sadowska-Przytocka (A)

Department of Dermatology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland.

Javier Sánchez-Pérez (J)

Department of Dermatology, Hospital Universitario la Princesa, Madrid, Spain.

Kathrin Scherer Hofmeier (K)

Department of Dermatology and Allergology, Cantonal Hospital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland.

Sibylle Schliemann (S)

Department of Dermatology and Allergology, University Hospital Jena, Jena, Germany.

Dagmar Simon (D)

Department of Dermatology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.

Radoslaw Spiewak (R)

Department of Experimental Dermatology and Cosmetology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland.

Philip Spring (P)

Dermatologie et vénéréologie FMH, Center Médical d'Epalinges, Epalinges, Switzerland.

Skaidra Valiukevičienė (S)

Department of Skin and Venereal Diseases, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania.

Nicola Wagner (N)

Department of Dermatology, University Hospital of Erlangen, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany.

Elke Weisshaar (E)

Department of Dermatology, Occupational Dermatology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.

Maria Pesonen (M)

Division Occupational Medicine, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland.

Marie L A Schuttelaar (MLA)

Department of Dermatology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.

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