Contact urticaria to ethanol contained in a hand sanitizer

Contact Dermatitis. 2022 Nov;87(5):457-458. doi: 10.1111/cod.14192. Epub 2022 Jul 25.

Authors

Henri Gondé^{1

2}, Billal Tedbirt^{2

3}, Perrine Chabrolle^{3

4}, Sami Hamwi^{3

4}, Charles Hervouët¹, Florence Tétart^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pharmacy, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen, France.
² Normandie University, UNIROUEN, INSERM U1234, Pathophysiology, Autoimmunity, Neuromuscular Diseases and Regenerative THERapies, Rouen, France.
³ Department of Dermatology, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen, France.
⁴ Department of Allergology, Centre Erik Satie, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen, France.

No abstract available

Keywords: alcohol; case report; contact urticaria; ethanol; hand sanitizer.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Dermatitis, Allergic Contact* / diagnosis
Dermatitis, Allergic Contact* / etiology
Ethanol / adverse effects
Hand Disinfection
Hand Sanitizers* / adverse effects
Humans
Urticaria* / chemically induced

Substances

Hand Sanitizers
Ethanol