Contact sensitivity in atopic dermatitis.
With the exception of certain drugs, some contactants give positive patch test reactions less frequently in patients with atopic dermatitis than in all patients with dermatitis. Both among atopics and other dermatitis patients, women reacted positively to most drugs more frequently than men did. In Poland, positive patch tests to balsams are rare in atopics.
D003876:Dermatitis, Atopic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003877:Dermatitis, Contact / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010328:Patch Tests; D012737:Sex Factors