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  • Title: Contact urticaria from rubber gloves.
    Author: Turjanmaa K, Reunala T.
    Journal: Dermatol Clin; 1988 Jan; 6(1):47-51. PubMed ID: 2968213.
    Abstract:
    Surgical rubber (latex) gloves can cause contact urticaria and even more severe allergic symptoms; the frequency of this allergy may be as high as 3 per cent among hospital employees. Those at high risk are surgeons and instrument nurses, most of whom are atopics. Clinical history of immediate rubber-glove allergy can be misleading, but the diagnosis is easily confirmed by prick, use, and RAST tests. Sensitized persons manage well by using plastic undergloves or vinyl gloves.
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