TY - JOUR AU - Storrs, Frances J. AB - 2007 ANNUAL ACDS MEETING ABSTRACTS Oral Presentations Allergic Contact Dermatitis to Medical Adhesive considered to be ideal preservatives because they are Bandages in Patients Who Report Having a Reaction inexpensive, non-irritating, non-toxic, have a long-shelf to Medical Bandages life, and a broad spectrum of anti-microbial activity. Allergic reactions to parabens develop infrequently. The Travis J. Widman, Holly Oostman, Frances J. Storrs, Oregon North American Contact Dermatitis Group has reported Health & Science University, Portland, OR an incidence of paraben allergy to be 1.7% of 4,096 tested Medical adhesive bandages are extensively used in both patients. inpatient and outpatient medicine in the US. However, few Methylparaben and propylparaben are the major reports exist in the literature describing allergic contact preservatives in imiquimod cream. Imiquimod cream is dermatitis (ACD) to medical adhesive bandages. These an immune response modifier with anti-viral and anti- reports do not adequately correspond to the frequency that tumor activity. It is currently approved for the treatment patients report having an ‘‘allergy’’ to medical adhesive of human papilloma virus infections, actinic keratoses, and bandages. Therefore our objective was to determine if superficial basal cell carcinomas. Local adverse reactions to there is a chemical present in medical adhesive bandages TI - Allergic Contact Dermatitis to Medical Adhesive Bandages in Patients Who Report Having a Reaction to Medical Bandages JF - Dermatitis DO - 10.2310/6620.2007.00002 DA - 2007-06-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wolters-kluwer-health/allergic-contact-dermatitis-to-medical-adhesive-bandages-in-patients-DtMscfpooA SP - 103 EP - 103 VL - 18 IS - 2 DP - DeepDyve ER -