Guttate psoriasis is a variant of psoriasis that can occur after an infection, most notably a streptococcal bacterial infection. The guttate lesions develop soon after or during the infection and appear as tiny teardrop-shaped patches with fine adherent scale. The word guttate means “droplet,” and the lesions of guttate psoriasis appear as tiny droplets of psoriatic patches found generalized over the skin, as if areas of psoriasis had developed within sprinkled water droplets. Children with guttate psoriasis may have only one isolated episode after a streptococcal infection and no evidence of psoriasis thereafter. Adults with guttate psoriasis, on the other hand, almost always develop psoriasis vulgaris at some later point.
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