Table 3.

Diagnostic criteria for drug-induced Sweet’s syndrome (DISS) proposed by Walker and Cohen.

1.Acute onset of painful erythematous skin disease;

2.Dermal neutrophilic infiltrate without evidence of vasculitis on histopathological examination;

3.Fever (temperature >38 °C);

4.Temporal relationship between drug and clinical manifestations or temporal-related recurrence after drug challenge;

5.Temporal-related resolution of skin lesions after drug withdrawal or treatment with systemic corticosteroids.