[Epicutaneous tests for standard allergens and the creation of specific batteries for occupations]

In the bounds of investigating the etiological factor in the onset of allergic contact dermatitis, with a special review of the professional etiology and the localization of face manifestations, we have placed a special emphasis on the forming of special batteries of allergens which would to a greater extent, cover a great number of specific professions and a wide diapason of unprofessional everyday activities of our climate. Our aim was to determine the incriminating contacts within a complex material such as a final product, in which the incriminated allergen is often and almost always present in a lesser concentration than the one that is needed to provoke a positive Patch test in sensitized individuals. In the testing with final products, cosmetic products take the first place (17.32%) in relation to the total number of positive tests, after that come textile products (14.53%), detergents and soaps (14.53%), medicaments (13.97%), rubber, plastics and glues (10.06%), oils and petrol derivatives (8.94%), protective agents in agriculture (2.79%), leather (1.12%), dentistic battery (0.56%) and other allergens (16.20%). During the testing with allergens by specific batteries, the greatest number of positive Patch tests was received within textile battery (23.01%), then with rubber, plastics and glues (15.49%), cosmetics (12.83%) and oils (12.83%). We especially point out the importance of this latter way of testing where we have determined its connection to the testing which is conducted with the final products which are brought to us by the worker.