Contact allergy to a stocking dye.

Abstract

Fourteen eczema patients, 13 women and one man, were found to have contact allergy to a brown stocking dye which is a mixture of nitro- and aminodiazobenzene and aminoanthraquinone dyes. Eleven of the patients reacted to p-phenylenediamine; nine of 12 tested reacted to aminoazobenzene, nine to Disperse Orange 3 and four to Disperse Yellow 3. Positive epicutaneous test reactions to the dye were found in five of 362 consecutive eczema patients tested (1.4%).

• Authors: M Kousa, M Soini
• Journal: Contact dermatitis (Contact Dermatitis) Vol. 6 Issue 7 Pg. 472-6 (Dec 1980) ISSN: 0105-1873 [Print] England
• PMID: 7214891 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Anthraquinones
• Azo Compounds
• Coloring Agents
• Placebos
• Synten Brown

Topics

• Adolescent
• Adult
• Anthraquinones (adverse effects)
• Azo Compounds (adverse effects)
• Clothing (adverse effects)
• Coloring Agents (adverse effects)
• Dermatitis, Atopic (chemically induced)
• Double-Blind Method
• Eczema (chemically induced)
• Female
• Humans
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Patch Tests
• Placebos