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Case Reports
. 2022 Nov;87(5):455-457.
doi: 10.1111/cod.14188. Epub 2022 Jul 22.

Allergic contact dermatitis caused by octylisothiazolinone in a leather car seat: Case report and emergence of octylisothiazolinones in leather goods in Switzerland

Yassaman Alipour Tehrany  1 , Raphael André  1 , Aurélie Bugey  2 , Doriane Santimaria  2 , Patrick Edder  2 , Pierre Piletta  1
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Allergic contact dermatitis caused by octylisothiazolinone in a leather car seat: Case report and emergence of octylisothiazolinones in leather goods in Switzerland

Yassaman Alipour Tehrany et al. Contact Dermatitis. 2022 Nov.
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Keywords: CAS no. 26530-20-1; allergic contact dermatitis; leather; methylisothiazolinone; octylisothiazolinone; preservative.

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(A) Well‐demarcated eczematous lesions on the upper back, shoulders and arms. (B) Patch tests positive for OIT (++) and leather car seat samples (++) at D4
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