TABLE 1.

SPT reactions to the Malassezia yeasts in patients with AD

Study	% of AD patients with positive SPT to Malassezia
Clemmensen and Hjorth, 1983 (26)	32
Waerstad and Hjorth, 1985 (154)	28
Kieffer et al., 1990 (74)	45-79
Rokugo et al., 1990 (125)
Children <10 yr	39
Children >10 yr	64
Broberg et al., 1992 (19) children or young adults	23
Tanaka et al., 1994 (147)	40
Nissen et al., 1998 (109)	60
Kim et al., 1999 (75)	45
Devos et al. 2000 (28)	40
The Swedish multicenter study (66a)	60