Zahida Rani, Ijaz Hussain, TS Haroon.
Allergic Contact Dermatitis: A Comparison between atopic and non-atopic individuals.
J Coll Physicians Surg Pak Jan ;12(1):40-2.

Objective: To determine the prevalence of ACD in atopics in comparison to non-atopics in our community. Design : Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Departments of Dermatology, King Edward Medical College/Mayo Hospital, Lahore, from May 1998 to July 1999. Subjects and Methods: Two hundred and fifty patients, 34 with past or present atopic dermatitis (Group I), 88 with personal or familial atopy (Group II) and 128 non-atopic with contact dermatitis (Group III) were subjected to patch testing with European standard series. The results were interpreted according to International Contact Dermatitis Research Group guidelines. Results: Positive reactions were seen in 50%, 70.4% and 67.8% of patients in the respective groups (p>0.05). Conclusion: Our results suggest that atopics are equally affected with contact dermatitis as compared with non-atopics and recalcitrant cases of atopic dermatitis should be patch tested to find out aggravating factors.

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