Vulvar allergic contact dermatitis to metronidazole

Affiliations

¹ Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area, Unit of Dermatology, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Piazza Giulio Cesare, Bari, Italy.
² Dermatology and Venereology Private Practice, Bari and Barletta, Italy.
³ Section of Dermatology, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy.

Case Reports

Caterina Foti et al. Contact Dermatitis. 2023 May.

. 2023 May;88(5):406-407.

doi: 10.1111/cod.14283. Epub 2023 Feb 8.

¹ Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area, Unit of Dermatology, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Piazza Giulio Cesare, Bari, Italy.
² Dermatology and Venereology Private Practice, Bari and Barletta, Italy.
³ Section of Dermatology, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy.

No abstract available

Keywords: case report; cross-reactions; genital allergic contact dermatitis; metronidazole; vulvar allergic contact dermatitis.

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