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Patch Testing and Atopic Eczema

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In contrast to type I allergy, there is an ongoing debate about the relationship between delayed-type allergy (type IV allergy) and atopic eczema (AE) and on the issue of whether patients with AE are more or less prone to (occupational) delayed-type contact allergy. Whenever patch testing is done, a reliable diagnosis of AE has to be settled, and all patients have to be assessed by a combination of detailed clinical examination and anamnestic questions. According to recent publications, contact allergy to occupational and nonoccupational allergens is at least as common in AE patients as in non-AE patients. Therefore, patients with AE should be patch tested because they also develop contact allergy to a significant degree. Patch testing often adds valuable information about contact allergy in AE patients.

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  1. Department of Social Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg, Thibautstrasse 3, Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, 69115, Germany

    Thomas L. Diepgen MD, PhD

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  1. Department of Dermatology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Catholic University of Louvain, Brussels, Belgium

    Jean-Marie Lachapelle

  2. Dept. of Occup. a. Environmental Dermatology, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden

    Magnus Bruze

  3. Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Jena, Jena, Germany

    Peter U. Elsner

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Diepgen, T.L. (2014). Patch Testing and Atopic Eczema. In: Lachapelle, JM., Bruze, M., Elsner, P. (eds) Patch Testing Tips. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-45395-3_8

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