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Spices can elicit dermatitis in employees. Most involved skin sites in allergic contact dermatitis to spices are the palmar site of the hands, the fingertips, the face, and the mouth. But dermatitis can occur anywhere at the skin. Epicutaneous and intracutaneous tests with spices can be useful diagnostic tools.

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  1. Department of Dermatology, St. Antonius Hospital, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Stefanie E. Pentinga

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  1. Department of Dermatology, Environmental Medicine and Health Theory, University of Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany

    Swen Malte John

  2. National Allergy Research Centre, Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Herlev-Gentofte University Hospital, Hellerup, Hellerup, Denmark

    Jeanne Duus Johansen

  3. Department of Dermatology and Allergology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Thomas Rustemeyer

  4. Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Jena, Jena, Germany

    Peter Elsner

  5. Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Howard I. Maibach

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Pentinga, S.E. (2020). Spices. In: John, S., Johansen, J., Rustemeyer, T., Elsner, P., Maibach, H. (eds) Kanerva’s Occupational Dermatology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68617-2_70

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