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Occupational Contact Dermatitis from Glutaraldehyde Used as a Cold Sterilizing Agent

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Current Topics in Contact Dermatitis

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We present a report on three patients who had allergic contact dermatitis from glutaraldehyde used professionally as a cold sterilizing agent. The dermatitis improved during weekends and holidays. The diagnosis of allergy was confirmed by positive patch test reactions to working solutions and to glutaraldehyde incorporated therein.

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  1. Clinique Dermatologique, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Hôpital Erasme, Route de Lennik, 808, 1070, Bruxelles, Belgium

    M. Nelis & J. Oleffe

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  1. Hautklinik der Universität Heidelberg, Voßstraße 2, 6900, Heidelberg 1, Germany

    Peter Frosch

  2. Department of Medical Research (Dermatology), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 3000, Leuven, Belgium

    A. Dooms-Goossens P.Ph., Ph.D.

  3. Unit and Laboratory of Occupational and Environmental Dermatology, Catholic University of Louvain, 30, Clos Chapelle-aux-Champs, UCL 3033, 1200, Brussels, Belgium

    J.-M. Lachapelle M. D. (Professor of Dermatology) (Professor of Dermatology)

  4. St. John’s Hospital for Diseases of the Skin, Lisle Street, London, WC2H 7BJ, Great Britain

    R. J. G. Rycroft

  5. Department of Pathology, Free University Hospital, de Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    R. J. Scheper

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Nelis, M., Oleffe, J. (1989). Occupational Contact Dermatitis from Glutaraldehyde Used as a Cold Sterilizing Agent. In: Frosch, P., Dooms-Goossens, A., Lachapelle, JM., Rycroft, R.J.G., Scheper, R.J. (eds) Current Topics in Contact Dermatitis. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74299-6_17

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