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Table 1 As part of the European baseline series (EBS) of haptens (contact allergens), 29 substances, prepared at different concentrations (conc.) in either a petrolatum (pet.) or aqueous (aq.) base (veh. = vehicle), are applied to the patient’s upper back in the form of a standardized commercially available patch test set

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European baseline series

Allergen

Conc.

Veh.

Readings

 

Potassium dichromate

0.5%

pet.

D2, D3, D6

Thiuram mix

1.0%

pet.

D2, D3, D6

Cobalt(II) chloride

1.0%

pet.

D2, D3, D6

Myroxylon pereirae

25%

pet.

D2, D3, D6

Colophonium

20%

pet.

D2, D3, D6

N-isopropyl-N -phenyl-p-phenylenediamine

0.1%

pet.

D2, D3, D6

Lanolin alcohol

30%

pet.

D2, D3, D6

Mercapto mix

1.0%

pet.

D2, D3, D6

Epoxy resin

1.0%

pet.

D2, D3, D6

Nickel(II) sulfate

5.0%

pet.

D2, D3, D6

p-tert-Butylphenol formaldehyde resin

1.0%

pet.

D2, D3, D6

Formaldehyde

1.0%

aq.

D2, D3, D6

Fragrance mix I

8.0%

pet.

D2, D3, D6

Turpentine

10%

pet.

D2, D3, D6

Methylchloroisothiazolinone/methylisothiazolinone

100 ppm

aq.

D2, D3, D6

Paraben mix

16%

pet.

D2, D3, D6

Cetearyl alcohol

20%

pet.

D2, D3, D6

Zinc diethyldithiocarbamate

1.0%

pet.

D2, D3, D6

Methyldibromo glutaronitrile

0.2%

pet.

D2, D3, D6

Propolis

10%

pet.

D2, D3, D6

Bufexamac

5.0%

pet.

D2, D3, D6

Compositae mix II

5.0%

pet.

D2, D3, D6

Mercaptobenzothiazole

2.0%

pet.

D2, D3, D6

Hydroxyisohexyl 3-cyclohexene carboxaldehyde

5.0%

pet.

D2, D3, D6

2-Bromo-2-nitropropane-1,3-diol

0.5%

pet.

D2, D3, D6

Fragrance mix II

14%

pet.

D2, D3, D6

Ylang Ylang (I + II) oil

10%

pet.

D2, D3, D6

Sandalwood oil

10%

pet.

D2, D3, D6

Jasmine absolute

5.0%

pet.

D2, D3, D6