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To the Editor: Since November 1997, we have observed contact dermatitis in three technicians working in a genetics laboratory in Leuven, Belgium, and in two working in the University Laboratory of Bacteriology in Strasbourg, France. The patients, all of whom were women, ranged in age from 32 to 51 years, had no history of allergy, and had worked in the laboratories for several years. The dermatitis, mainly located on the hands and face, relapsed after each occupational exposure to an immersion oil used for microscopy (Leica, Wetzlar, Germany).

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