Patch testing in skin of color: A brief report.

Shant Tamazian, Michelle Oboite, James R Treat

Pediatric dermatology 2021 Jul

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It is critical that dermatology training prepares physicians to recognize cutaneous changes in skin of color populations. Patch testing is the gold standard for identifying triggers of contact dermatitis and can be challenging to interpret in skin of color given the need to see erythema, particularly for a 1 + positive interpretation. Given the paucity of clinical images of skin of color in the literature, we provide images of two pediatric patients presenting with positive patch tests to demonstrate an approach to the clinical interpretation of patch testing in patients with more melanin in the skin. © 2021 Wiley Periodicals LLC.