DORSEY C S
Calif Med. 1959 Feb;90(2):155-9.
A hitherto unrecognized cause of contact dermatitis in California is the widely cultivated plant known as Algerian ivy. This plant, which grows in California (and its close relative, English ivy) causes a dermatitis which is similar to although milder than that caused by poison oak. Dermatitis from this cause occurs most frequently when persons who have become sensitive to it by previous contact trim the plant back in the spring after its seasonal spurt of growth. For persons whose occupations require repeated contact with the plant, dermatitis from this cause is an occupational hazard. Dermatitis from this plant is easily diagnosed by means of a simple patch test. In a series of 12 cases the only effective treatment was with corticosteroid agents.
在加利福尼亚，一种迄今未被认识到的接触性皮炎病因是一种广泛种植的名为阿尔及利亚常春藤的植物。这种生长在加利福尼亚的植物（及其近亲英国常春藤）会引发一种皮炎，它与毒葛引起的皮炎相似，但症状较轻。当那些因先前接触而对其敏感的人在春季植物季节性快速生长后对其进行修剪时，这种原因引起的皮炎最为常见。对于那些职业需要反复接触这种植物的人来说，这种原因引起的皮炎是一种职业危害。通过简单的斑贴试验很容易诊断出这种植物引起的皮炎。在一系列12个病例中，唯一有效的治疗方法是使用皮质类固醇药物。
