The paper describes an atypical case of simultaneous airborne and direct contact dermatitis in a beekeeper from the Małopolska region. This is the third such case described in a beekeeper in the world and the first in Poland. I suggest that propolis should be regarded as both a direct and airborne contact allergen in beekeepers.

BACKGROUND Contact dermatitis to cosmetics is a common dermatosis, especially in adults and professionals who handle them. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to evaluate the frequency of sensitization to cosmetics' components in patients with suspected allergic contact dermatitis and to identify the main sensitizers related to occupational contact dermatitis. METHODS During the perio...

Background and aim: Contact dermatitis is an inflammatory skin response due to contact with environmental materials manifested as acute or chronic eczema. Patch test is the standard test to recognize responsible allergen. The objective of this study was to evaluate the frequency of false positive patch test responses in patients with Exited Skin Syndrome (ESS).Materials...

Periorbital dermatitis is common and frequently difficult to treat. Patients with periorbital dermatitis often suffer severely because their disease is in such a visible location. Because of the variety of clinical appearance, the differential diagnostic considerations are often difficult. We examined the causes of periorbital dermatitis and compared the data of 88 patients from the Department ...

Dr. Lewis Webb Hill of Boston, Massachusetts, was honored by the Section on Allergy of the American Academy of Pediatrics at a meeting held in Chicago, Illinois, October 19, 1958. Dr. Arthur J. Horesh of Cleveland, Ohio, National Chairman of the Allergy Section, presented Dr. Hill with a scroll which read as follows: By unanimous vote of the Section on Allergy of the American Academy of Pediatr...

AFMU 5-acetylamino-6-formylamino3-methyluracil ACD Allergic contact dermatitis ACE Angiotensin-converting enzyme AD Atopic dermatitis Ala Alanin Au Gold CA Contact allergy CD Cluster of differentiation CI Confidence interval Cr Chromate CYP Cytochrome P D Deletion DC Dendritic cell DNCB 2,4 dinitrochlorobenzene DTH Delayed-type hypersensitivity DZ Dizygote FLG Filaggrin GST Glutathione S-transf...

The endogenous estrogens are important modulators of the immune system and its functions. However, their effects are rather complex and many aspects have not been studied. In this study, we used the 1-chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene (DNCB)-induced contact dermatitis as a disease model and investigated the effect of estriol (E3), along with two other estrogens, 17β-estradiol and estrone, on the pathog...

To assess the consequences of oxidative stress in allergic and irritant contact dermatitis, we compared the iron level, unsaturated iron-binding capacity, total iron binding capacity, the percentage saturation of iron-binding capacity, the amount of diene conjugates as well as the amounts of total glutathione, reduced glutathione, oxidized glutathione, and the oxidized glutathione/reduced gluta...

BACKGROUND: Contact dermatitis to cosmetics is a common dermatosis, especially in adults and professionals who handle them. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to evaluate the frequency of sensitization to cosmetics ́ components in patients with suspected allergic contact dermatitis and to identify the main sensitizers related to occupational contact dermatitis. METHODS: During the period...

Allergic contact dermatitis is increasingly being recognized as a disease that affects children in addition to adults. Historically, irritant contact dermatitis such as ‘diaper dermatitis’ was a frequent diagnosis made in children, while allergic contact dermatitis was not considered a significant disease in this age group. Clinicians may have attributed this to children’s lack of exposure to a...