Dermatitis Caused by Garlic

Edelstein, Alexis

doi:10.1001/archderm.1950.01530080117013

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“…Garlic dermatitis has previously been described by Edelstein (1950), Burks (1954) and Bleumink & Nater (1973). The latter found that the allergen is soluble in water rather than in lipid.…”

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Occupational protein contact dermatitis in food handlers

1976

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The preparation of food in restaurant kitchens carries a high risk of occupational dermatoses. Analysis of 33 cases revealed four different etiological types. Simple irritant dermatitis was rare (2 cases), plain contact dermatitis was more common (6 cases). Fifteen patients had relevant patch tests and scratch tests; ten had positive scratch tests only to explain the cause of their dermatitis. The last type was termed protein contact dermatitis. The major type IV allergens incriminated were metals, onion and garlic. The major proteinaceous allergens indicated by history and test results were fish and shell-fish. Open patch tests with the incriminated foods may cause erythema or oedema on normal skin after 20 minutes. Previously eczematous, now normal looking, skin often responds with a crop of dyshidrotic vesicles preceded by erythema and itching 30 minutes after the application of an open test. Examination for specific IgE is not always positive in such cases. Inhalant allergy was rare. The results indicate that food handlers are sensitized by the protein they touch, and then react to later contact with the proteins. Protein contact dermatitis is similarly common among veterinary surgeons, while the importance in other occupational groups remains to be studied.

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“…Garlic dermatitis has previously been described by Edelstein (1950), Burks (1954) and Bleumink & Nater (1973). The latter found that the allergen is soluble in water rather than in lipid.…”

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confidence: 86%

Occupational protein contact dermatitis in food handlers

1976

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“…Since the first report of contact dermatitis caused by garlic in 1950 (7), many cases of irritant and allergic garlic dermatitis have been reported (2, 3, 8).…”

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Occupational airborne allergic contact dermatitis from garlic with concurrent Type I allergy

2004

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“…I had also been asked to chase the subject back through the dermatological literature. The earliest published example I could find then had been published in 1950, 1 and came from Pennsylvania, not France. The dermatitis had affected the left arm of a professional meat grinder who used this area of his skin to clean a mixture of meat and garlic from the guard of his grinding machine.…”

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Savin

2001

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

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Dermatitis Caused by Garlic

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Occupational protein contact dermatitis in food handlers

Occupational protein contact dermatitis in food handlers

Occupational airborne allergic contact dermatitis from garlic with concurrent Type I allergy

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