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Contact Allergy in Children

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Contact allergy in children is more frequent than previously suspected. Metals, ingredients of pharmaceutical and cosmetic products, preservatives/biocides, para-phenylenediamine, rubber additives, plastics and resins, and plants are known sensitizers in them. In adolescents, occupation-induced allergens may be involved as well. Sometimes unusual clinical presentations of allergic contact dermatitis can be observed. If there is a suspicion by history and clinical picture, or there is an unexplained eczema at particular body sites, patch testing should be performed at all ages. Patch testing in children is safe, but false-positive (as false-negative) reactions are, of course, possible. Patch test reactions must be interpreted carefully, particularly in atopic subjects, since their skin is readily irritated; this is especially the case for metals. An abbreviated baseline series, supplemented with relevant allergens from other test series, as well as contacted products and respective ingredients suggested by the history, should be patch tested.

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