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Although little has been published on contact dermatitis attributable to infant car seats, a private practice pediatric dermatology clinic in Texas has documented increasingly frequent cases of dermatitis in anatomical areas that directly contact infant car seats. The author of this observational case series presents data on 21 infants (age range, 3–14 months) with eczematous eruptions due to underlying contact dermatitis from car seat fabric.
Duration of the eruptions ranged from 1 to 7 months. Twelve infants (57%) had histories of atopy. All infants presented with symmetric, bilateral eczematous papules or plaques at points of contact with the fabric of the car seat; 100% had plaques on the bilateral lower lateral legs, and 95% had involve…