M Nasiri Kashani; H Mortazavi; S Amini
Volume 9, Issue 3 , 2006, , Pages 264-269
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Background and aim: Eczema is a common inflammatory skin disease. Although history and physical examination are important in diagnosis of allergen, because of extent of environmental allergens, those are not simply recognized. The objective of this study was to determine allergens in patients with contact ...
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Background and aim: Eczema is a common inflammatory skin disease. Although history and physical examination are important in diagnosis of allergen, because of extent of environmental allergens, those are not simply recognized. The objective of this study was to determine allergens in patients with contact or atopic dermatitis referred to Razi hospital.Materials and Methods: This descriptive, cross sectional study was performed on patients with contact or atopic dermatitis in 2003-2004 with European Standard Series patch test containing 24 allergens.Results: In this study 223 patients were tested with a mean age of 31 years (SD=12). The most common involved location was hand (59%). The most common allergens were nickel sulphate (23/2%), cobalt (11/4%) and thiuram (8/3%).Conclusion: Nickel sulphate was the most common contact allergen in this study.
SM Davoudi; AA Karimi Zarchi; S Ghafouri Manesh; AR Firooz; M Nasiri Kashani; Y Dowlati
Volume 8, Issue 3 , 2005, , Pages 166-170
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Background: Eczema is one of the most widely spread inflammatory skin disorders contact dermatitis is an eczematous dermatitis that is produced as a result of contact with a substance in the environment. The substance can act as an irritant or allergen. Every country has allergen particular to itself. ...
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Background: Eczema is one of the most widely spread inflammatory skin disorders contact dermatitis is an eczematous dermatitis that is produced as a result of contact with a substance in the environment. The substance can act as an irritant or allergen. Every country has allergen particular to itself. Objective: Determining the frequency of skin allergens in patients with contact dermatitis in Tehran. Patients and Methods: In this cross-sectional descriptive study, all the data about the patients with chronic contact dermatitis who were visited in a dermatology clinic in Tehran from the year 1993 to 2003 and patch tested with 23 allergens of European standard series (ESS) were analyzed. Results: In this study 222 patients were surveyed. The mean age of the patients was 33.5 years (SD=13.8). 66.5% of the patients were female. The most common site of involvement (49%) was their hands. The mean duration of the disease was 54 months (SD=62). Clinical diagnosis included: 59% allergic contact dermatitis, 24% irritant dermatitis, 10% atopic dermatitis, and 7% other types of dermatitis. 145 (65.3%) of them had at least one positive reaction. The most common allergens were: Nickle sulfate 22.6%, cobalt chloride 14.5%, and fragrance mix 13.6%. Conclusion: Nickel was the most common contact allergen among the patients surveyed.
M Nasiri Kashani; AR Firooz
Volume 6, Issue 1 , 2002, , Pages 32-42
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Contact dermatitis is an inflammatory skin disease due to contact with different substances and caused by two mechanisms: Allergy and irritation. Contact dermatitis is a common skin disease and the most common occupational dermatosis. Differentiating between allergic and irritant contact dermatitis is ...
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Contact dermatitis is an inflammatory skin disease due to contact with different substances and caused by two mechanisms: Allergy and irritation. Contact dermatitis is a common skin disease and the most common occupational dermatosis. Differentiating between allergic and irritant contact dermatitis is essential in the identification of etiologic factor(s) and hence, its control and prognosis. This differentiation can be done only by patch test. Unfortunately, this simple, safe and useful test is always neglected. We review the basics of patch test, the method of performance, reading and interpretation of its results, possible side effects and results of studies done with patch test in different countries.
S Shamsaddini; M Nasiri Kashani; I Sharifi; M Khajeh Karimoddini; M Pourlashkari
Volume 4, Issue 1 , 2000, , Pages 19-25
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Background: Living in colonies and public places may cause increase in infectious diseases. Prisons are places with high-density population. Prisoners don’t persist on moral and social dictum bases and usually have low educational and cultural levels. So they are at high risk of several diseases ...
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Background: Living in colonies and public places may cause increase in infectious diseases. Prisons are places with high-density population. Prisoners don’t persist on moral and social dictum bases and usually have low educational and cultural levels. So they are at high risk of several diseases including contagious skin diseases. Objective: As contagious skin diseases are important for social health care, this study was done to determine the prevalence of these diseases in a prison in Kerman. Patients and Methods: This cross-sectional study was done on 3525 prisoners, comprising about half of the prisoners, in the Central Prison of Kerman. Results: 2851 of the case were male and 674 were female. The mean age of male cases was 36.05±11.3 years and for female was 35.5±14.0 years. Among all prisoners 4.6% had pediculosis. 1.2% had scabies and 3.7% had tinea pedis. Among the prisoners 55.8% were addict and 73.6% were smokers. There were no meaningful relationship between addiction or smoking and the diseases (P=0.576 and P=0.660). Conclusion: Contagious skin diseases are common in prisons. Health and security authorities should plan for a community free of drugs, prisons and prisoners.
A Nosrati; M Nasiri Kashani
Volume 3, Issue 1 , 1999, , Pages 35-46
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Several advances in the filed of organ transplantation in last decades have resulted in significant increase in the number and methods of transplantation. In this article various aspects of organ transplantation including immunosuppressive medications, common skin tumors seen in transplant recipients, ...
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Several advances in the filed of organ transplantation in last decades have resulted in significant increase in the number and methods of transplantation. In this article various aspects of organ transplantation including immunosuppressive medications, common skin tumors seen in transplant recipients, possible mechanisms involved in increased incidence of skin tumors and finally preventive measures will be discussed.