ISSN:
1600-0536
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Oil-based mud, a complex mixture containing amines in emulsifiers, is used in offshore drilling operations. It is a skin irritant that occasionally gives rise to allergic contact sensitivity. In patch testing patients with allergy to drilling mud, we have identified polyamine (diethylentriamine and triethylentetramine) sensitivity in patients. All 5 patients were also allergic to emulsifiers. These emulsifiers are cross-linked fatty acid amido-amines, in which unreacted aimine groups are thought to cross-sensitized with these constitutent polyamines. Cross-reactivity between ethylenediamine, diethylenetetramine and triethylenertetramine polyamines. Cross-reactivity between ethulenediamine, diethyllenetetramine and triethylenetetramine was found in 9 subjects.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0536.1989.tb04752.x
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