Quick Guide to Contact Dermatitis

✍ Scribed by Jeanne Duus Johansen, Jean-Pierre Lepoittevin, Jacob P. Thyssen (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 317
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book is a quick guide for clinicians, specialists, and residents. It provides a concise overview of the practical aspects of contact dermatitis, supplying the tools to allow a fast and reliable diagnosis. The book describes the clinical features of contact dermatitis, explains how to make an exposure assessment and covers other essentials in the diagnostic work. Information is presented on testing with patients’ own products and overviews are provided on the allergens contained in various products. In addition, a helpful list of the most frequent allergens is included. The authors are leading practitioners in the field, and their expertise has enabled the compilation of an approachable text supplemented by a large number of full color illustrations, tables and check lists. This book will help the reader to gain a better understanding of the subject and to achieve greater competence in everyday practice.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Immunological Background of Allergic Contact Dermatitis....Pages 3-7
Clinical Features of Contact Dermatitis....Pages 9-31
Front Matter....Pages 33-33
Patch Testing Essentials....Pages 35-46
Testing with the Patient’s Own Products....Pages 47-55
Basics in Diagnostic Work Up and Assessment of Clinical Relevance....Pages 57-67
Front Matter....Pages 69-69
Irritant Contact Dermatitis: Diagnosis and Risk Factors....Pages 71-79
Photoreactions and Testing....Pages 81-94
Protein Contact Dermatitis and Testing....Pages 95-102
Occupational Contact Dermatitis....Pages 103-114
Contact Dermatitis in Children....Pages 115-123
Front Matter....Pages 125-125
Metals....Pages 127-138
Fragrances....Pages 139-145
Preservatives....Pages 147-157
Rubber....Pages 159-179
Front Matter....Pages 181-181
Textiles....Pages 183-188
Hair Dyes....Pages 189-193
Dental Materials....Pages 195-204
Shoes....Pages 205-212
Gloves....Pages 213-221
Glues....Pages 223-232
Front Matter....Pages 181-181
Metalworking Fluids....Pages 233-239
Plants....Pages 241-256
Cosmetics....Pages 257-273
Worker’s Protection: Gloves and Creams....Pages 275-286
Overview of Allergens Present in the European, North American, and Chinese Baseline Series....Pages 287-325

✦ Subjects

Dermatology; Allergology