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Background
Contact allergy to chloroprene rubber products is well known. Thiourea compounds are considered the cause of allergy. Diethylthiourea commonly occurs in this type of product and can decompose to the sensitizer ethyl isothiocyanate.
Objectives
To investigate the clinical importance of degradation products and metabolites from organic thioureas in contact allergy to chloroprene rubber...