title: Occupational contact dermatitis to textile dyes in airline personnel.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Reports of textile dye allergic contact dermatitis are becoming frequent in the literature. Occupational exposure to textile dyes has been reported, but less frequently.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To report 2 cases of allergic contact dermatitis to Disperse Blue dyes 106 and 124 occurring in airline personnel.
  
  
  METHODS
  The patients were patch tested to the European or North American standard series, a textile dye series, and 1 patient was tested with pieces of textile from an airplane seat.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Patch testing elicited in both patients a 2+ reaction to Disperse Blue dyes 106 and 124, and a 1+ reaction to paraphenylenediamine in one patient.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We describe 2 cases of occupational textile dye allergy occurring in airline personnel. Both cases showed the utility of Disperse Blue dyes 106 and 124 to serve as the screening allergens for textile dermatitis. Mandatory uniforms might be an occupational hazard in certain professions.
authors.affiliation: Division of Dermatology, McGill University Health Centre, Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Khanna
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sasseville
mesh_terms: D000401:Aircraft; D001132:Arm; D001391:Azo Compounds / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003020:Clothing; D004396:Coloring Agents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D017449:Dermatitis, Allergic Contact / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D009783:Dermatitis, Occupational / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009333:Neck; D010328:Patch Tests; D013784:Textiles
chemical_list: D001391:Azo Compounds; D004396:Coloring Agents; C069319:Disperse Blue 124; C049175:disperse blue 106