Katherine Fields, Tyler Nelson, and Douglas Powell describe four adults with contact dermatitis associated with baby wipes. Preservatives discussed include iodopropynyl butylcarbamate and methylchloroisothiazolinone/methylisothiazolinone. The supplied PDF is a journal fragment. An unrelated letter precedes this one. The DOI 10.1016/j.jaad.2005.10.024 identifies the wipes letter. No metal concentration is reported.
Key numbers
No metal result. Table I in the letter records ages starting with 36 and 62 years and the preservatives that were positive.
Methods (brief)
Case series and patch testing.
Evidence fitness
Clinical preservative allergy only.
Limitations
Fragment PDF. Four adults, not a chemical assay.
Related evidence
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