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- Title
The European baseline series in 10 European Countries, 2005/2006 – Results of the European Surveillance System on Contact Allergies (ESSCA).
- Authors
Uter, Wolfgang; Rämsch, Christiane; Aberer, Werner; Ayala, Fabio; Balato, Anna; Beliauskiene, Aiste; Fortina, Anna Belloni; Bircher, Andreas; Brasch, Jochen; Chowdhury, Mahbub M. U.; Coenraads, Pieter-Jan; Schuttelaar, Marie-Louise; Cooper, Sue; Corradin, Maria Teresa; Elsner, Peter; English, John S. C.; Fartasch, Manigè; Mahler, Vera; Frosch, Peter J.; Fuchs, Thomas
- Abstract
Background: Continual surveillance based on patch test results has proved useful for the identification of contact allergy. Objectives: To provide a current view on the spectrum of contact allergy to important sensitizers across Europe. Patients/Methods: Clinical and patch test data of 19 793 patients patch tested in 2005/2006 in the 31 participating departments from 10 European countries (the European Surveillance System on Contact Allergies' (ESSCA) ) were descriptively analysed, aggregated to four European regions. Results: Nickel sulfate remains the most common allergen with standardized prevalences ranging from 19.7% (central Europe) to 24.4% (southern Europe). While a number of allergens shows limited variation across the four regions, such as Myroxylon pereirae (5.3–6.8%), cobalt chloride (6.2–8.8%) or thiuram mix (1.7–2.4%), the differences observed with other allergens may hint on underlying differences in exposures, for example: dichromate 2.4% in the UK (west) versus 4.5–5.9% in the remaining EU regions, methylchloroisothiazolinone/methylisothiazolinone 4.1% in the South versus 2.1–2.7% in the remaining regions. Conclusions: Notwithstanding residual methodological variation (affecting at least some ‘difficult’ allergens) tackled by ongoing efforts for standardization, a comparative analysis as presented provides (i) a broad overview on contact allergy frequencies and (ii) interesting starting points for further, in-depth investigation.
- Subjects
CONTACT dermatitis; ALLERGIES; NICKEL sulfate; DISEASE prevalence; MYROXYLON
- Publication
Contact Dermatitis (01051873), 2009, Vol 61, Issue 1, p31
- ISSN
0105-1873
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1600-0536.2009.01572.x