Airborne contact dermatitis to drugs.

P L Minciullo, S Imbesi, V Tigano, S Gangemi

School and Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.

Allergologia et immunopathologia 2013 Mar-Apr

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Contact dermatitis is defined as "airborne" when the causative factor is present in the environment and may determine irritative or allergic skin reactions. It is often work-related. In this review of the literature, we focus our attention on airborne contact dermatitis due to pharmaceutical compounds. Contact reactions to medications, often occupation-related, occur mainly in two exposed groups: employees of pharmaceutical industries involved in the production of the drugs and healthcare workers who use the drugs for therapeutic aims. Copyright © 2011 SEICAP. Published by Elsevier Espana. All rights reserved.