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BACKGROUND: Sensitivity to methylchloroisothiazolinone (MCI)/methylisothiazolinone (MI) has increased rapidly over recent years. This increase is mainly related to the extensive use of high concentrations of MI in cosmetic products, although a growing number of cases of occupational allergic contact dermatitis are caused by MCI/MI. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to examine the association between the increase in MCI/MI sensitization and the work performed by the patients in our area. METHODS: A retrospective study was undertaken of the records of a total of 1179 patients who had undergone contact skin patch tests for MCI/MI from January 2005 to December 2015. A multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed to identify the factors independently associated with sensitivity to MCI/MI. RESULTS: A constant increase in MCI/MI sensitization was observed over the observation period. The only work associated with a significant increase in the prevalence of MCI/MI sensitization was cleaning, with 38.5% of the cleaning professionals with MCI/MI sensitization consulting for cosmetics-related dermatitis. CONCLUSIONS: Occupational sensitization to MCI/MI in cleaning professionals is worryingly increasing. This, in turn, could possibly account for many cases of cosmetics-associated contact dermatitis. Our findings suggest that a review of the regulations with regard to isothiazolinone concentrations in industrial and household detergents is necessary.
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Dermatitis Alérgica por Contacto/etiología , Dermatitis Profesional/etiología , Detergentes/efectos adversos , Tareas del Hogar , Exposición Profesional/efectos adversos , Tiazoles/efectos adversos , Adulto , Cosméticos/efectos adversos , Femenino , Humanos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Pruebas del Parche , Estudios RetrospectivosRESUMEN
Basaloid follicular hamartoma (BFH) is a rare follicular malformation characterized by variable clinical presentations and identical histopathologic features. We present the cases of a 3-month-old boy and an 8-year-old boy with linear unilateral BFH. To the best of our knowledge, only 14 cases of linear unilateral BFH have been described in the English-language literature.