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Textile Allergy

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Synonyms

Allergic contact dermatitis due to textile fibers; Clothing allergy; Textile contact dermatitis

Definition

Textile allergy or textile contact dermatitis can be defined as cutaneous manifestations caused by wearing clothing.

Introduction

The manifestation of textile allergy is usually located in the skin. For that reason, it is also known as textile contact dermatitis. The etiological agents may be the fabric itself or more commonly the chemical additives used in manufacturing the clothes, e.g., textile dyes and finishing agents.

Historical Background

The first case of textile contact dermatitis was probably recognized by a group of dermatologists in the British Army, during the Second World War, who found a number of cases in some of the troops of the British Army because of wearing khaki shirts. Skin lesions such as papular, scaly, erythrodermic, and even purpuric ones were described and it was concluded that those were due to a primary irritant quality in new khaki shirts....

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  1. Servicio de Alergología, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain

    Alexandra Gómez García & Fernando Rodríguez Fernández

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  1. Alexandra Gómez García
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Correspondence to Alexandra Gómez García .

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

    Ian R. Mackay

  2. Center for Autoimmune Disease Research, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Noel R. Rose

  3. Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital, Tampa, FL, USA

    Dennis K. Ledford

  4. Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital, Tampa, FL, USA

    Richard F. Lockey

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García, A.G., Fernández, F.R. (2014). Textile Allergy. In: Mackay, I.R., Rose, N.R., Ledford, D.K., Lockey, R.F. (eds) Encyclopedia of Medical Immunology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9194-1_582

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