Table 4. Definitions used for final outcome scoring of digital images of impetigo.
Assessment | Criteria | Outcome |
Healed | Lesions no longer evident or flat, with no evidence of crusting, erythema or purulence, but possibly with evidence of hyper- or hypo-pigmentation where the original sore was located. | Success |
Improved | Lesions reduced in sore diameter and erythema; AND progression from blister to crusting and flattening of the sore. Purulence not evident. | |
Same | No appreciable change in diameter, erythema or purulence of lesion. | Failure |
Worse | Increase in diameter, erythema or purulence of lesion. | |
Unable to be determined |