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- Title
A case of immediate‐type allergy from polypropylene in a particle filter mask in a nurse.
- Authors
Goller, Mara; Dickel, Heinrich; Nicolay, Jan Peter
- Abstract
Case report, contact urticaria, contact urticaria syndrome, COVID-19, medical devices, nurse, polypropylene, FFP2 mask, immediate type allergy, occupational allergy 3 Corazza M, Bencivelli D, Zedde P, Monti A, Zampino MR, Borghi A. Severe contact urticaria, mimicking allergic contact dermatitis, due to a surgical mask worn during the COVID-19 pandemic. Keywords: case report; contact urticaria; contact urticaria syndrome; COVID-19; FFP2 mask; immediate type allergy; medical devices; nurse; occupational allergy; polypropylene EN case report contact urticaria contact urticaria syndrome COVID-19 FFP2 mask immediate type allergy medical devices nurse occupational allergy polypropylene 294 296 3 08/16/22 20220901 NES 220901 Since the Covid-19 pandemic, the wearing of particle filter masks (FFP2 in Europe, N95 in US and KN95 in China) has become indispensable in many (medical) professions.
- Subjects
URTICARIA; POLYPROPYLENE; MEDICAL personnel; MEDICAL masks; ALLERGIES; N95 respirators
- Publication
Contact Dermatitis (01051873), 2022, Vol 87, Issue 3, p294
- ISSN
0105-1873
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/cod.14143