Five-Year Retrospective Review of Acute Generalized Exanthematous Pustulosis
Table 1
Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis validation score of the EuroSCAR study group [1].
Morphology
Score
Pustules
Typical
2
Compatible
1
Insufficient
0
Erythema
Typical
2
Compatible
1
Insufficient
0
Distribution/pattern
Typical
2
Compatible
1
Insufficient
0
Pustular desquamation
Yes
1
No/insufficient
0
Course
Mucosal involvement
Yes
−2
No
0
Acute onset (<10 d)
Yes
0
No
−2
Resolution (<15 d)
Yes
0
No
−4
Fever > 38°C
Yes
1
No
0
Neutrophils > 7,000/mm
Yes
1
No
0
Histology
Other diseases
−10
Not representative/no histopathology
0
Exocytosis of neutrophils
1
Subcorneal and/or intraepidermal nonspongiform or unspecified pustule(s) with papillary edema or subcorneal and/or intraepidermal spongiform or unspecified pustules(s) without papillary edema
2
Spongiform subcorneal and/or intraepidermal pustule(s) with papillary edema
3
Interpretation: <0: no AGEP, 1–4: possible, 5–7: probable, and 8–12: definite.
