Fixed drug eruption to tartrazine.
An 11-year-old girl with a recurrent fixed drug eruption to tartrazine on the dorsum of the left hand is presented. Oral provocation tests to both the suspected food, an artificially coloured cheese crisp, and to tartrazine were positive. This case highlights fire need to consider artificial flavours, colours and preservatives as potential culprits in classic drug eruptions.
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Dermatology Department, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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D002648:Child; D003875:Drug Eruptions / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005505:Food Coloring Agents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006229:Hand Dermatoses / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D013645:Tartrazine / Q000009:adverse effects*
D005505:Food Coloring Agents; D013645:Tartrazine