Benzyl salicylate (BS), a weak contact sensitizer, caused severe pruritus in six of 15 patients who applied it in a trioxsalen lotion. Delayed hypersensitivity to BS was enhanced by the phototoxic effects of methoxsalen. Only one of 14 control patients reacted to the BS.
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