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. 2008 Mar 3;52(5):1812–1819. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01530-07

TABLE 1.

System used to score the different pathology types

Pathology type Score Scoring criteria
Edema 0 Normal appearance
1 Minimal focal perivascular or interstitial
2 Mild focal perivascular or interstitial
3 Moderate focal to locally extensive, perivascular, and interstitial
4 Marked with a >25% section affected, focally to locally extensive, perivascular, and interstitial
Hemorrhage 0 None
1 Mild (focal)
2 Moderate with up to 25% section affected, mild/focal or locally extensive
3 Marked with a >25% section affected, focal to locally extensive
Infiltrate 0 None
1 Minimal with less than three vessels affected, up to three layers of cells surrounding
2 Mild with 3 to 10 vessels, up to three layers, no interstitial infiltrates
3 Moderate with 10 or more vessels, three layers or more, focal/patchy interstitial
4 Marked with numerous vessels and/or extensive areas of interstitial infiltrates
Necrosis 0 None
2 Mild with focal necrosis and a <10% section affected
3 Moderate with mild/focal to locally extensive, >10% to 25% affected
4 Marked with focal to locally extensive, >25% affected, large areas of consolidation