Thiurams in shoe contact dermatitis - a case series

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• Personal Author:
  Law, Brandon F. ; Moreau L ; Munk R ; Sasseville D ; Siegel, Paul D.
• Description:
  We present four patients who developed allergic contact dermatitis on their feet after wearing Keds Canvas sneakers. All patients underwent patch testing with the North American Contact Dermatitis Group (NACDG) Baseline series (Chemotechnique Diagnostics AB, Vellinge, Sweden), and various other allergen trays, depending on the clinical scenario, including a glues and adhesives series (Chemotechnique Diagnostics AB), a shoe series (Chemotechnique Diagnostics AB), and a textile tray (Chemotechnique Diagnostics AB). All 4 patients developed positive reactions to the thiuram mix, as well as to pieces of their shoes. We initially believed that thiuram accelerators were used in this type of rubber-based canvas shoe. However, subsequent chemical analysis failed to identify thiurams in two different pairs of shoes. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Dermatitis Hypersensitivity Men Musculoskeletal Diseases Musculoskeletal System Occupational Health Safety Skin Skin Diseases Women
• Keywords:
  Allergens Allergic-dermatitis Allergic-disorders Allergic-reactions Allergies Author Keywords: Allergic Contact Dermatitis Foot-disorders Footwear High-performance Liquid Chromatography Humans Mercaptobenzothiazole Patch-tests Rubber Shoes Thiurams

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• ISSN:
  0105-1873
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  HELD - Health Effects Laboratory Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  185-187
• Volume:
  68
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20042347
• Citation:
  Contact Dermatitis 2013 Mar; 68(3):185-187
• Contact Point Address:
  Roni Munk, 5721 Lockwood, Montréal, Québec H4Z 1W1, Canada
• Email:
  roni.munk@mail.mcgill.ca
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2013
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Contact Dermatitis
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:dcac98f649204a7792e04f593c77b9f0e52fcaf2a25d04a08b8dd7e44bbb0036846e6499f74e9adaee04971dd64349429b1beb92e781cf14b6a249b1caf02c39
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/194593/cdc_194593_DS1.pdf
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