Contact urticaria to common ivy ( Hedera helix cv. ‘Hester’) with concomitant immediate sensitivity to the labiate family (Lamiaceae) in a Danish gardener.

The article presents a case study of a 45-year-old female gardener with hand eczema. It states that her current problem was acute vesicular and infected hand eczema which she acquired after handling peppermint (Mentha piperita). She has also a daughter who had atopic dermatitis. Based on prick test and histamine release (HR) test findings, the patient was characterized as an atopic and had positive clinical symptoms from common ivy cultivar and rosemary.