descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 07 Jun 2017 English Publisher:WileyJournal:Australasian Journal of Dermatology, volume 59, pages 55-56 (issn: 0004-8380, eissn: 1440-0960,

Authors: Mi Vu; Harini Rajgopal Bala; Jennifer Cahill; Ryan Toholka; Rosemary Nixon;

doi: 10.1111/ajd.12674

pmid: 28589697

handle: 11343/293006

Immediate hypersensitivity to chlorhexidine

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AbstractChlorhexidine is a widely used and effective antiseptic agent. Although skin contact is usually well tolerated, it may cause both immediate and delayed hypersensitivity reactions. We report a case of immediate hypersensitivity to chlorhexidine causing both skin and respiratory symptoms following occupational exposure to chlorhexidine in a health‐care worker.

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University of Melbourne
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Keywords

Hypersensitivity, Immediate, Urticaria, Chlorhexidine, 610, Hand Dermatoses, Middle Aged, 618, Drug Hypersensitivity, Dermatitis, Occupational, Occupational Exposure, Anti-Infective Agents, Local, Humans, Female

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