Contact allergy to electrocardiogram electrodes caused by acrylic acid without sensitivity to methacrylates and ethyl cyanoacrylate

Caterina Foti; Antonio Lopalco; Luca Stingeni; Katharina Hansel; Angela Lopedota; Nunzio Denora; Paolo Romita

doi:10.1111/cod.13015

Contact allergy to electrocardiogram electrodes caused by acrylic acid without sensitivity to methacrylates and ethyl cyanoacrylate

Contact Dermatitis. 2018 Aug;79(2):118-121. doi: 10.1111/cod.13015. Epub 2018 May 11.

Authors

Caterina Foti¹, Antonio Lopalco², Luca Stingeni³, Katharina Hansel³, Angela Lopedota², Nunzio Denora², Paolo Romita¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biomedical Science and Human Oncology, Dermatological Clinic, University of Bari, Bari, Italy.
² Department of Pharmacy-Drug Sciences, University of Bari, Bari, Italy.
³ Clinical, Allergological and Venereological Dermatology Section, Department of Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy.

PMID: 29749023
DOI: 10.1111/cod.13015

No abstract available

Keywords: ECG electrodes; acrylates; acrylic acid; allergic contact dermatitis; case report; high-performance liquid chromatography; hydrogel; patch test; proton nuclear magnetic resonance.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Acrylates / adverse effects*
Aged
Cyanoacrylates
Dermatitis, Allergic Contact / etiology*
Electrocardiography / instrumentation
Electrodes / adverse effects*
Female
Humans
Hydrogels / adverse effects
Methacrylates
Patch Tests

Substances

Acrylates
Cyanoacrylates
Hydrogels
Methacrylates
ethyl 2-cyanoacrylate
acrylic acid