Early inflammatory markers in elicitation of allergic contact dermatitis

BMC Dermatology

Table 1 Clinical and histological characteristics of ACD patients.

Patients	Sex	Age	Skin Patch Test Reactivity			Macroscopic response^*				Histologic grade^**
			Positive Antigen	Negative Antigen	Positive Antigen			Negative Antigen	Positive Antigen			Negative Antigen
					2 h	10 h	48 h	48 h	2 h	10 h	48 h	48 h
MO	F	58	Neomicine	Antraquinone	-	-	+++	-	+/-	+/-	+++	+/-
MR	M	65	Thimerosal	Antraquinone	-	-	+++	-	+	++	+++	+/-
AS	F	46	Neomicine	Antraquinone	-	-	+++	-	+/-	+	++	+/-
ER	M	49	p-phenylenediamine	Antraquinone	-	-	+++	-	+/-	++	+++	+/-
IL	F	49	Quarternium 15	Antraquinone	-	-	+++	-	+/-	+	+	+/-
AC	F	49	Quinolina mix	Antraquinone	-	-	+++	-	+/-	++	+++	+/-
LG	F	46	Balsamo Peru	Antraquinone	-	-	+++	-	+/-	+	+++	+/-
MG	F	29	Nickel	Antraquinone	-	-	+++	-	+/-	+	++	+/-
SA	F	64	Irgasan	Antraquinone	-	-	+++	-	+/-	+	++	+/-
TV	F	23	Nickel	Antraquinone	-	-	+++	-	+/-	+	+++	+/-

^* Skin erythema, papule and vesicle: – (absent); + (mild); ++ (moderate); +++ (intense). ^** Mononuclear cell infiltration: +/- (scattered); + (mild); ++ (moderate); +++ (intense). See Material and Methods.

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