Variability in Paediatric Patch Test Practices Across Europe: A Survey From the European Baseline Series ( EBS ) Working Party on Behalf of the European Society of Contact Dermatitis ( ESCD )
Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Allergic contact dermatitis (ACD) is an increasingly recognised condition in children and adolescents. However, there is limited knowledge about the different paediatric patch test procedures in European patch test clinics. OBJECTIVES: To map current European paediatric patch test practices, and to relate these to the existing literature, with the aim of guiding the development of a future paediatric patch test guideline, and a corresponding paediatric European baseline series (pEBS). MATERIALS AND METHODS: In the course of late 2023/early 2024, a standardised paediatric patch test e-mail questionnaire was developed, distributed, and discussed among members of the European Baseline Series (EBS) Working Party of the European Society of Contact Dermatitis (ESCD). RESULTS: Areas of agreement and discussion were identified regarding patch testing in children of different ages, with and without atopic dermatitis: (contra)indications, choice of allergens and patch test chambers, peculiarities regarding the application and fixation of tests, occlusion and reading times. CONCLUSION: Although variability exists in paediatric patch test practices across Europe, there is broad agreement on common procedures, and only a few areas of debate; these findings may be used to inform the development of a future paediatric patch test guideline and pEBS.
Source: Contact Dermatitis
DOI: 10.1111/cod.14824
Authors: Olivier Aerts, Thomas Rustemeyer, Anna Belloni‐Fortina, Sonia Badulici, Heinrich Dickel, Jose Luis Garcia Abujeta, Ana Maria Giménez‐Arnau, Margarida Gonçalo, Catherine R. Holden, Marléne Isaksson, Faheem Latheef, Suzana Ljubojevic Hadzavdic, Vera Mahler, Esen Özkaya, Gyorgyi Ponyai, Nives Pustišek, Marie‐Louise Schuttelaar, Jakob Schwensen, Radoslaw Spiewak, Luca Stingeni, Cecilia Svedman, Wolfgang Uter, Jonathan M. L. White, Mark Wilkinson, Anne‐Birgitte Simonsen, Jeanne Duus Johansen
Institutions: University of Antwerp, Antwerp University Hospital, University of Amsterdam, University of Padua, St. Josef-Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum, Hospital Marina Baixa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Hospital del Mar Research Institute, Unidade Local de Saúde de Coimbra, University of Coimbra, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, Chapel Allerton Hospital, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, University of Zagreb, Paul Ehrlich Institut, Istanbul University, Semmelweis University, Children's Hospital Zagreb, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, University of Copenhagen, Gentofte Hospital, Jagiellonian University, University of Perugia, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Université Libre de Bruxelles
Language: English
Subfield: Dermatology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4411403464