Clinical characteristics and heterogeneity of generalized pustular psoriasis : A comparative study in a large retrospective cohort

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Generalized pustular psoriasis (GPP) is a rare and potentially life-threatening skin disease and the clinical heterogeneity of which is largely unknown. Retrospective cohort analysis was conducted on hospitalized GPP patients between January 2010 and November 2022. A total of 416 patients with GPP and psoriasis vulgaris (PV) respectively were included, matched 1:1 by sex and age. The heterogeneity of GPP was stratified by PV history and age. Compared with PV, GPP was significantly associated with prolonged hospitalization (11.7 vs. 10.3 day, p < 0.001), elevated neutrophil lymphocyte ratio (NLR) (5.93 vs. 2.44, p < 0.001) and anemia (13.9% vs. 1.2%, p < 0.001). Moreover, GPP alone (without PV history) was a relatively severer subtype with higher temperature (37.6°C vs. 38.0°C, p = 0.002) and skin infections (5.2% vs. 11.4%, p = 0.019) than GPP with PV. For patients across different age, compared with juvenile patients, clinical features support a severer phenotype in middle-aged, including higher incidence of anaemia (7.5% vs. 16.0%, p = 0.023) and NLR score (3.83 vs. 6.88, p < 0.001). Interleukin-6 (r = 0.59), high density lipoprotein cholesterol (r = -0.56), albumin (r = -0.53) and C-reactive protein-to-albumin ratio (r = 0.49) were the most relevant markers of severity in GPP alone, GPP with PV, juvenile and middle-aged GPP, respectively. This retrospective cohort suggests that GPP is highly heterogeneous and GPP alone and middle-aged GPP exhibit severe disease phenotypes. More attention on the heterogeneity of this severe disease is warranted to meet the unmet needs and promote the individualized management of GPP.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:33

Enthalten in:

Experimental dermatology - 33(2024), 1 vom: 25. Jan., Seite e14891

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Xu, Zhongrui [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Yanhua [VerfasserIn]
Qu, Huanhuan [VerfasserIn]
Bai, Yaxing [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Jingyi [VerfasserIn]
Hao, Junfeng [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Chen [VerfasserIn]
Dang, Erle [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Gang [VerfasserIn]
Shao, Shuai [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

9007-41-4
Autoinflammatory disease
C-Reactive Protein
Generalized pustular psoriasis
Heterogeneity
Journal Article
Psoriasis vulgaris

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Date Completed 30.01.2024

Date Revised 30.01.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/exd.14891

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM359932339