Sensitivity to imidazoles/nitroimidazoles in subjects sensitized to methylchloroisothiazolinone/methylisothiazolinone: A simple coincidence?

Contact Dermatitis. 2019 Mar;80(3):181-183. doi: 10.1111/cod.13158. Epub 2018 Nov 22.

¹ Clinical, Allergological and Venereological Dermatology Section, Department of Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy.
² R&D Department, Institute of Skin and Product Evaluation, Milan, Italy.
³ Rigano Laboratories S.r.l., Milano, Italy, R&D Department, Institute of Skin and Product Evaluation, Milan, Italy.
⁴ Department of Biomedical Science and Human Oncology, Dermatological Clinic, University of Bari, Bari, Italy.
⁵ Department of Occupational and Environmental Dermatology, Skåne University Hospital, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.

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Keywords: co-sensitivity; cross-reactivity; imidazoles; methylchloroisothiazolinone; methylisothiazolinone; nitroimidazoles; patch test.

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