Airborne dermatitis in a child caused by isothiazolinones in a water-based paint in Italy: Call for better regulations

Contact Dermatitis. 2018 Jul;79(1):45-46. doi: 10.1111/cod.12982. Epub 2018 Mar 24.

Authors

Andrea Sechi¹, Colombina Vincenzi¹, Vera Tengattini¹, Bianca M Piraccini¹, Iria Neri¹, Michelangelo La Placa¹

Affiliation

¹ Dermatology, Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.

PMID: 29572855
DOI: 10.1111/cod.12982

No abstract available

Keywords: airborne contact dermatitis; case report; methylchloroisothiazolinone; methylisothiazolinone; paints.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Air Pollution, Indoor / adverse effects*
Child
Dermatitis, Allergic Contact / etiology*
Facial Dermatoses / chemically induced*
Humans
Male
Paint / adverse effects*
Patch Tests
Thiazoles / adverse effects*
Thigh
Upper Extremity

Substances

Thiazoles
2-methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one
5-chloro-2-methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one