Jewelweed treatment of poison ivy dermatitis.

The article presents five different cases of contact dermatitis from pyrrolnitrine. In one case a women applied Betamicutrin cream and Virexen solution to herpes zoster and developed an itching, erythematous, vesicular dermatitis within 5 days. In another case a boy was treated with a Micutrin cream for tinea versicolor, he also developed an itching, papular, erythematous eruption on the treated areas. The patch tests was negative in all the patients. The tests with pure Micutrin and Betamicuirine creams were strongly positive in all five cases. The analysis established that the responsible allergen was the pyrrolnitrine.