Table 3.
Prevalence of contact allergy to the structural groups of steroids
| GCS – structural groups | Positive patch tests | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female (N = 19) | Male (N = 8) | Total (N = 27) | ||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| A | 5 | 26.3 | 2 | 25 | 7 | 25.9 |
| B | 14 | 73.7 | 7 | 87.5 | 21 | 77.8 |
| C | 9 | 47.4 | 4 | 50 | 13 | 48.1 |
| D1 | 10 | 52.6 | 7 | 87.5 | 17 | 63 |
| D2 | 10 | 52.6 | 5 | 62.5 | 15 | 55.5 |
GCS – glucocorticosteroids.