Patch testing with ammonium persulfate: The North American Contact Dermatitis Group Experience, 2015-2018

Patch testing with ammonium persulfate: The North American Contact Dermatitis Group Experience, 2015-2018

Ammonium persulfate (APS), an oxidizing agent used in hair products, manufacturing, and pool/spa water, can cause skin reactions, including allergic contact dermatitis. To characterize positive patch test reactions to APS (2.5% petrolatum). Retrospective analysis of patients tested to the North Amer...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 2022-11, Vol.87 (5), p.1014-1023
Hauptverfasser: Warshaw, Erin M., Ruggiero, Jenna L., DeKoven, Joel G., Pratt, Melanie D., Silverberg, Jonathan I., Maibach, Howard I., Zug, Kathryn A., Atwater, Amber R., Taylor, James S., Reeder, Margo J., Sasseville, Denis, Fowler, Joseph F., Fransway, Anthony F., Belsito, Donald V., DeLeo, Vincent A., Houle, Marie-Claude, Dunnick, Cory A.
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Sprache:eng
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allergic contact dermatitis
ammonium persulfate
contact allergy
patch tests
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Zusammenfassung:Ammonium persulfate (APS), an oxidizing agent used in hair products, manufacturing, and pool/spa water, can cause skin reactions, including allergic contact dermatitis. To characterize positive patch test reactions to APS (2.5% petrolatum). Retrospective analysis of patients tested to the North American Contact Dermatitis Group screening series from 2015 to 2018. Of 10,526 patients, 193 (1.8%) had positive patch test reactions to APS. Compared with APS-negative patients, APS-positive patients were significantly more likely to be male (43.2% vs 28.0%; P 
ISSN:0190-9622
1097-6787
DOI:10.1016/j.jaad.2021.08.005