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Contact dermatitis due to ciclopiroxolamine.

Romano C, Ghilardi A, Calò D, Maritati E

We report a case of contact dermatitis because of ciclopiroxolamine milk in a 43-year-old woman with tinea pedis and onychomycosis caused by Trichophyton rubrum. Ciclopiroxolamine is regarded as a weak sensitiser because of the few allergic reactions described in relation to its widespread use.

Published 20 June 2006 in Mycoses, 49(4): 338-9.
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