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. 2024 Feb 2;10(3):207–214. doi: 10.1159/000536246

Table 5.

Rates (%) of positive reactions to allergens in previously published studies

Allergen Corazza et al. [8] (1997) Jappe et al. [9] (2005) Jappe et al. [11] (2008) Pónyai et al. [12] (2012) Diczig et al. [14] (2018) Erdogan et al. [15] (2018) Cifci et al. [16] (2019) Ozbagcivan et al. [17] (2020) Chen et al. [18] (2021) Magdaleno-Tapial et al. [19] (2022)
Potassium dichromate 3.4 4.6 5.1
Paraphenylenediamine (PPD) 3.4 3.7 3.5 1.5 5.5
Thiuram mix
Neomycin sulfate 1.3
Cobalt 3.1 6.5
Caine mix III
Nickel 3.4 9.3 15.4 7.3 + 20 52.5 26
2-Hydroxyethyl methacrylate
Colophonium 3.4 2
Paraben mix
N-isopropyl-N’-phenyl paraphenylenediamine (IPPD) 3.7
Lanolin alcohol 3.4 3.7 3.5
Mercapto mix
Epoxy resin 1.5
Peru Balsam 6.9 5.9 10.4 6.1 6.3 13.9
Para tertiary butylphenol (PTBP) formaldehyde resin
2-Mercaptobenzothiazole (MBT) 1.5
Formaldehyde 14.8
Fragrance mix I 10.3 8.8 5.2 4.9 1.5 21.3 1
Sesquiterpene lactone
Sodium metabisulfate
Propolis 2.8 10.7
Methylisothiazolinone + methylchloroisothiazolinone 28.7
Budesonide 1.5
Tixocortol 1.5 1
Methyldibromo glutaronitrile
Fragrance mix II 3.1 5.5
Hydroxyisohexyl 3-cyclohexenecarboxaldehyde 3.8 3.1
Methylisothiazolinone 17.2 6
Benzisothiazolinone
Textile dye mix 4.6
Decyl glucoside
Thiomersal 13.7 6.9 6.8 3.5
Ammoniated Mercury
Methyldibromo glutaronitrile (MDBGN) − − − − − − − − − −
Gentamycin 8.0
Framycetin 5.3
Propylene glycol 4.2
Quanterium 15 1.5
Phenylbutazone
Cosmetic series
 Octyl gallate 10.7
 Dodecyl gallate 8.7
 Tert-Butylhydroquinone 7.8
 Euxyl K 400 6.8
 Cocamidopropyl betaine 5.8
 2,6-Di-tert-butyl-4-cresol 4.9
 Wood Tar 3.5
 Linalool hydroperoxide 27.1
 Limonene hydroperoxides 16.4
 Toluenesulfonamide formaldehyde 2

+, positive reaction documented, but rate (%) of positive reactions was not quantified; −, no data available/no positive reaction documented.