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Article: Patch testing in Hong Kong
Title | Patch testing in Hong Kong |
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Authors | |
Keywords | acceptability allergic contact dermatitis climate irritant contact dermatitis patch testing usefulness |
Issue Date | 1989 |
Publisher | Blackwell Munksgaard. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journals/COD |
Citation | Contact Dermatitis, 1989, v. 21 n. 3, p. 148-153 How to Cite? |
Abstract | The acceptability and value of patch testing in Hong Kong was studied in 56 cases of suspected dermatitis (CD), 26 cases of endogenous eczema (EE) and 30 cases of unclassified eczema (UE), selected systematically: all those suspected of having CD and 1 in 3 of the others. 81.3% of the 112 patients selected accepted the test. The main reasons for refusal were inconvenience and lack of time for the readings. Of the 91 tested, in 88 they were successfully completed. In 39 patients, the results were negative, while 49 patients reacted to 1 or more allergens. The 2 commonest sensitizers were fragance-mix (15 patients) and nickel sulphate (14 patients). The 'usefulness' of patch testing was defined as it causing the initial clinical diagnosis to be changed. The test was found to be 'useful' in 10 cases (21.3%) of those diagnosed as CD in 2 respects: (a) changing the diagnosis from irritant to allergic CD (6 cases) and (b) changing from CD to a suspected substance, to CD to another unsuspected substance (4 cases). For EE and UE, the initial diagnosis was changed to allergic CD in 3 (18.7%) and 7 (28.0%) cases, respectively. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/151478 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 4.8 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.681 |
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Lee, TY | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Lam, TH | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-06-26T06:23:45Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2012-06-26T06:23:45Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 1989 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Contact Dermatitis, 1989, v. 21 n. 3, p. 148-153 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0105-1873 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/151478 | - |
dc.description.abstract | The acceptability and value of patch testing in Hong Kong was studied in 56 cases of suspected dermatitis (CD), 26 cases of endogenous eczema (EE) and 30 cases of unclassified eczema (UE), selected systematically: all those suspected of having CD and 1 in 3 of the others. 81.3% of the 112 patients selected accepted the test. The main reasons for refusal were inconvenience and lack of time for the readings. Of the 91 tested, in 88 they were successfully completed. In 39 patients, the results were negative, while 49 patients reacted to 1 or more allergens. The 2 commonest sensitizers were fragance-mix (15 patients) and nickel sulphate (14 patients). The 'usefulness' of patch testing was defined as it causing the initial clinical diagnosis to be changed. The test was found to be 'useful' in 10 cases (21.3%) of those diagnosed as CD in 2 respects: (a) changing the diagnosis from irritant to allergic CD (6 cases) and (b) changing from CD to a suspected substance, to CD to another unsuspected substance (4 cases). For EE and UE, the initial diagnosis was changed to allergic CD in 3 (18.7%) and 7 (28.0%) cases, respectively. | en_US |
dc.language | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Blackwell Munksgaard. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journals/COD | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartof | Contact Dermatitis | en_US |
dc.subject | acceptability | - |
dc.subject | allergic contact dermatitis | - |
dc.subject | climate | - |
dc.subject | irritant contact dermatitis | - |
dc.subject | patch testing | - |
dc.subject | usefulness | - |
dc.subject.mesh | Climate | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Dermatitis, Contact - Diagnosis | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Female | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Hong Kong | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Humans | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Male | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Patient Acceptance Of Health Care | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Skin Tests | en_US |
dc.title | Patch testing in Hong Kong | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.email | Lam, TH:hrmrlth@hkucc.hku.hk | en_US |
dc.identifier.authority | Lam, TH=rp00326 | en_US |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1989.tb04727.x | - |
dc.identifier.pmid | 2791539 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-0024426583 | en_US |
dc.identifier.volume | 21 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issue | 3 | en_US |
dc.identifier.spage | 148 | en_US |
dc.identifier.epage | 153 | en_US |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:A1989AP95900004 | - |
dc.publisher.place | Denmark | en_US |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Lee, TY=16072414300 | en_US |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Lam, TH=7202522876 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0105-1873 | - |