title: Allergic contact dermatitis from gardenia fruit.
abstract: A 41-year-old man, with severe itchy dermatitis on the left leg, had treated a bruise on the left knee with a topical folk remedy called Sokujikoh, which contains about 16% powdered gardenia fruit. After 4 days, an exacerbation of symptoms appeared, with edema, erythema, and vesicles on the treated area. Patch testing indicated sensitivity to the seeds of gardenia fruit and, to a lesser extent, the pericarp (fruit wall). The allergens could be extracted into ethanol and, less readily, into water.
authors.affiliation: Kubo Dermatological Clinic, Nagasaki, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kubo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nonaka
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yoshida
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003877:Dermatitis, Contact / Q000209:etiology*; D005638:Fruit / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010328:Patch Tests / Q000379:methods