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Analysis of Prevalence and Risk Factors of Contact Sensitization with respect to the Occupational Profiles in a Greek Patient Cohort: A Retrospective Analysis of a Greek Referral Centre and Future Perspectives

Contact dermatitis is a frequent skin disorder related to environmental and occupational etiological factors, which could potentially affect all age groups, as well as both genders. The current study is aimed at exploring the patterns of contact sensitization with respect to the population's oc...

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Autores principales: Tagka, Anna, Lambrou, George I., Matsopoulos, George K., Fytili, Despoina, Mirkopoulou, Daphne, Katsarou, Alexandra, Chatziioannou, Argyro, Stratigos, Alexandros
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Publicado: Hindawi 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8121586/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34041301
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/6672506
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author Tagka, Anna
Lambrou, George I.
Matsopoulos, George K.
Fytili, Despoina
Mirkopoulou, Daphne
Katsarou, Alexandra
Chatziioannou, Argyro
Stratigos, Alexandros
author_facet Tagka, Anna
Lambrou, George I.
Matsopoulos, George K.
Fytili, Despoina
Mirkopoulou, Daphne
Katsarou, Alexandra
Chatziioannou, Argyro
Stratigos, Alexandros
author_sort Tagka, Anna
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description Contact dermatitis is a frequent skin disorder related to environmental and occupational etiological factors, which could potentially affect all age groups, as well as both genders. The current study is aimed at exploring the patterns of contact sensitization with respect to the population's occupational patterns in Greece. A retrospective analysis was performed in a cohort of 1978 patients from 2014 to 2016. Patients were divided into two categories; blue collars (BlC) and white collars (WhC), as well as detailed occupation was considered. Separation was performed on the basis of their profession, i.e., labor workers and handicraftsmen were sorted to the BlC group, while office employees were sorted to the WhC group. The common allergen in all occupational subgroups was nickel sulphate. The three most prevalent allergens in both BlC and WhC were nickel sulphate 5%, fragrance mix (I) 8%, and Balsam of Peru 25%. WhC males were uniquely sensitized to colophony 20% and formaldehyde 2%, and WhC females were uniquely sensitized to 5-chloro-2-methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one (CMIT) and neomycin sulphate 20%. Sensitization to allergens manifested occupation-specific patterns. Allergic contact dermatitis surveillance is of great importance towards the clinical and systematic understanding of the disease, especially with respect to the patient's occupational profile.
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spelling pubmed-81215862021-05-25 Analysis of Prevalence and Risk Factors of Contact Sensitization with respect to the Occupational Profiles in a Greek Patient Cohort: A Retrospective Analysis of a Greek Referral Centre and Future Perspectives Tagka, Anna Lambrou, George I. Matsopoulos, George K. Fytili, Despoina Mirkopoulou, Daphne Katsarou, Alexandra Chatziioannou, Argyro Stratigos, Alexandros Biomed Res Int Research Article Contact dermatitis is a frequent skin disorder related to environmental and occupational etiological factors, which could potentially affect all age groups, as well as both genders. The current study is aimed at exploring the patterns of contact sensitization with respect to the population's occupational patterns in Greece. A retrospective analysis was performed in a cohort of 1978 patients from 2014 to 2016. Patients were divided into two categories; blue collars (BlC) and white collars (WhC), as well as detailed occupation was considered. Separation was performed on the basis of their profession, i.e., labor workers and handicraftsmen were sorted to the BlC group, while office employees were sorted to the WhC group. The common allergen in all occupational subgroups was nickel sulphate. The three most prevalent allergens in both BlC and WhC were nickel sulphate 5%, fragrance mix (I) 8%, and Balsam of Peru 25%. WhC males were uniquely sensitized to colophony 20% and formaldehyde 2%, and WhC females were uniquely sensitized to 5-chloro-2-methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one (CMIT) and neomycin sulphate 20%. Sensitization to allergens manifested occupation-specific patterns. Allergic contact dermatitis surveillance is of great importance towards the clinical and systematic understanding of the disease, especially with respect to the patient's occupational profile. Hindawi 2021-05-06 /pmc/articles/PMC8121586/ /pubmed/34041301 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/6672506 Text en Copyright © 2021 Anna Tagka et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Tagka, Anna
Lambrou, George I.
Matsopoulos, George K.
Fytili, Despoina
Mirkopoulou, Daphne
Katsarou, Alexandra
Chatziioannou, Argyro
Stratigos, Alexandros
Analysis of Prevalence and Risk Factors of Contact Sensitization with respect to the Occupational Profiles in a Greek Patient Cohort: A Retrospective Analysis of a Greek Referral Centre and Future Perspectives
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title_fullStr Analysis of Prevalence and Risk Factors of Contact Sensitization with respect to the Occupational Profiles in a Greek Patient Cohort: A Retrospective Analysis of a Greek Referral Centre and Future Perspectives
title_full_unstemmed Analysis of Prevalence and Risk Factors of Contact Sensitization with respect to the Occupational Profiles in a Greek Patient Cohort: A Retrospective Analysis of a Greek Referral Centre and Future Perspectives
title_short Analysis of Prevalence and Risk Factors of Contact Sensitization with respect to the Occupational Profiles in a Greek Patient Cohort: A Retrospective Analysis of a Greek Referral Centre and Future Perspectives
title_sort analysis of prevalence and risk factors of contact sensitization with respect to the occupational profiles in a greek patient cohort: a retrospective analysis of a greek referral centre and future perspectives
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8121586/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34041301
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/6672506
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