Footwear dermatitis

@article{Saha1993FootwearD,
  title={Footwear dermatitis},
  author={M Saha and C. R. Srinivas and S. D. Shenoy and Chandrashekaran Balachandran and Sandhya Acharya},
  journal={Contact Dermatitis},
  year={1993},
  volume={28}
}
We conducted a study to determine the prevalence and clinical patterns of footwear dermatitis, patch testing 50 patients with suspected footwear dermatitis and 30 controls with 22 allergens of a shoe series (Chemotechnique Diagnostics AB, Malmö. Sweden). The overall prevalence among contact dermatitis cases was 11.7%. The dorsa of the feet and toes were the commonest sites involved. 70% of patients showed sensitivity to footwear allergen(s), as opposed to 6.67% of controls. Potassium dichromate… 
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Patch Testing in Patients with Suspected Footwear Dermatitis: A Retrospective Study
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Common chemicals implicated in ACD were rubber, rubber additives, and dyes, and the principal culprit allergens were hydroquinone monobenzylether and 4-aminoazobenzene.
The relation between the localization of foot dermatitis and the causative allergens in shoes: a 13‐year retrospective study
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The data showed a relationship between the distribution pattern of the foot lesions and most of the allergens and these results have clinical applications since the gender of the patients and the localization of theFoot dermatitis can, indeed, indicate what allergen is involved.
Epidemio-allergological study in 155 cases of footwear dermatitis.
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Footwear dermatitis, a common dermatosis, is mostly caused by leather processing chemicals, metal buckles, black dyes of shoes and socks, adhesives, plastic, rubber shoes and polishing agents in order of frequency.
Shoe Allergic Contact Dermatitis
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The aim of this study is to review the current literature on allergic contact shoe dermatitis; clinical presentation, allergens, patch testing, and management will be discussed.
Severe contact allergy to footwear in a young child
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With these strategies and topical corticosteroids, the lesions improved gradually and disappeared in 3 weeks with no recurrence in a 6-month follow-up.
Foot Eczema in a Skin Allergy Unit: Retrospective Study of 13 Years
Clinical correlation of foot eczema and patch test: a cross sectional study from South India
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Though rubber and rubber chemicals were the common sensitizers causing foot eczema worldwide, this study found potassium dichromate to be the most common sensitive which is one the components used in leather tanning and is a constituent of cement, soaps and detergents.
[Unilateral contact dermatitis caused by footwear].
Experience and feasibility of patch testing in allergic contact dermatitis in rural population
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In this era of urbanization and cosmetics, it is very important to keep the provisional diagnosis of ACD in all suspected cases of eczema, and a patch testing should be recommended.
The Value of Patch Testing With Shoe Material Samples in Patients Suspected of Shoe Allergic Contact Dermatitis
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Patch testing with shoe materials increased the diagnostic yield by 37.7 percent to diagnose shoe ACD by comparing the frequencies of patch-test positivity of shoes and shoe-related allergens in baseline series for suspected shoes ACD patients.
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