[The immune and nonspecific protective reactions of the skin in patients with allergic dermatoses of chemical etiology].

Eighteen patients with contact allergic dermatitis, 32 patients with eczema, 20 clinically healthy workers of a metallurgy plant with latent sensitization, and 133 normal subjects have been examined with the use of immunologic tests, contact biomicroscopy of the skin, and life-time microfluorometry of the skin. The immune system regulatory mechanism stress has been revealed in the workers with latent sensitization. Adaptation type shifts have been detected in the skin, aimed at the elimination of chemicals entering the skin.