TY - JOUR
T1 - Variability in Paediatric Patch Test Practices Across Europe
T2 - A Survey From the European Baseline Series (EBS) Working Party on Behalf of the European Society of Contact Dermatitis (ESCD)
AU - Aerts, Olivier
AU - Rustemeyer, Thomas
AU - Belloni-Fortina, Anna
AU - Badulici, Sonia
AU - Dickel, Heinrich
AU - Garcia Abujeta, Jose Luis
AU - Giménez-Arnau, Ana Maria
AU - Gonçalo, Margarida
AU - Holden, Catherine R.
AU - Isaksson, Marléne
AU - Latheef, Faheem
AU - Ljubojevic Hadzavdic, Suzana
AU - Mahler, Vera
AU - Özkaya, Esen
AU - Ponyai, Gyorgyi
AU - Pustišek, Nives
AU - Schuttelaar, Marie-Louise
AU - Schwensen, Jakob
AU - Spiewak, Radoslaw
AU - Stingeni, Luca
AU - Svedman, Cecilia
AU - Uter, Wolfgang
AU - White, Jonathan M. L.
AU - Wilkinson, Mark
AU - Simonsen, Anne-Birgitte
AU - Duus Johansen, Jeanne
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2025 John Wiley & Sons A/S. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
PY - 2025/10
Y1 - 2025/10
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - allergic contact dermatitis
KW - atopic dermatitis
KW - patch test
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105008561415
U2 - 10.1111/cod.14824
DO - 10.1111/cod.14824
M3 - Article
C2 - 40533245
SN - 0105-1873
VL - 93
SP - 285
EP - 297
JO - Contact dermatitis
JF - Contact dermatitis
IS - 4
ER -