Positive results of patch tests with fragrance markers: analysis of a 15-year period at a Brazilian dermatology center

Positive results of patch tests with fragrance markers: analysis of a 15-year period at a Brazilian dermatology center

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Abstract: Fragrances may cause allergic contact dermatitis.Data on patients who were patch tested, between 2000 and 2015, with fragrance allergens IMMUNE 7 included in the Brazilian baseline series (balsam of Peru, colophony and fragrance mix I), were collected and analyzed.Of these patients, 258 (13.8%) were positive for fragrance markers, 9.8% being positive for fragrance mix I.

Among these 258 there was a predominance of women in their 40s, with hand eczema.The frequency of sensitization to K SNEAKERS fragrances, as well as the epidemiological profile, was supported by the literature.Fragrance mix I was the main marker.It is important to expand the fragrance markers used in the Brazilian baseline series of patch tests.