Patch Testing with a Textile Dye Mix in a Baseline Series in Two Countries

Authors

  • Kristina Ryberg
  • An Goossens
  • Marléne Isaksson
  • Birgitta Gruvberger
  • Erik Zimerson
  • Magnus Bruze

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2340/00015555-1098

Abstract

Disperse dyes are the most common contact sensitizers among textile dyes. The main aim of this study was to investigate the outcome of patch testing with a textile dye mix 6.6%. A total of 2,049 patients from Sweden and 497 from Belgium were tested with the mix, consisting of Disperse (D) Blue 35, D Yellow 3, D Orange 1 and 3, D Red 1 and 17, 1.0% each, and D Blue 106 and D Blue 124, 0.3% each. Of the total number, 65 patients, 2.6%, tested positively to the mix, 4.2% of the Belgian patients and 2.1% of the Swedish patients. Patch testing with the mix 6.6% revealed significantly more patients with contact allergy compared with testing with a previous mix 3.2% (p<0.01). Contact allergy to the mix was significantly more common in the Belgian than in the Swedish patients.

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Published

2011-05-03

How to Cite

Ryberg, K., Goossens, A., Isaksson, M., Gruvberger, B., Zimerson, E., & Bruze, M. (2011). Patch Testing with a Textile Dye Mix in a Baseline Series in Two Countries. Acta Dermato-Venereologica, 91(4), 422–427. https://doi.org/10.2340/00015555-1098

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