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Brown crusts on infant owing to contact dermatitis associated with ethanol disinfection.
Matsuhisa, Yuki; Kenzaka, Tsuneaki; Hirose, Hideo; Gotoh, Tadao.
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  • Matsuhisa Y; Department of Pediatrics Center for Community Medicine, North-Western Gifu Prefecture National Health Insurance Shirotori Hospital Gifu Japan.
  • Kenzaka T; Department of General Medicine Center for Community Medicine, North-Western Gifu Prefecture National Health Insurance Shirotori Hospital Gifu Japan.
  • Hirose H; Department of Internal Medicine Hyogo Prefectural Tamba Medical Center Tamba Japan.
  • Gotoh T; Division of Community Medicine and Career Development Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine Kobe Japan.
J Gen Fam Med ; 25(1): 71-72, 2024 Jan.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38239994
ABSTRACT
A 2-year-old girl developed dermatitis with atypical brown crusts after ethanol disinfection. Since many Oriental people have genetically reduced acetaldehyde dehydrogenase type 2 (ALDH2) activity, ethanol disinfection causes acetaldehyde to accumulate in the skin, resulting in dermatitis.
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Texto completo: 1 Base de datos: MEDLINE Tipo de estudio: Risk_factors_studies Idioma: En Revista: J Gen Fam Med Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Base de datos: MEDLINE Tipo de estudio: Risk_factors_studies Idioma: En Revista: J Gen Fam Med Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article