Localized Upper and/or lower respiratory tract disease without any other Systemic involvement or constitutional symptoms
Early systemic Any, without organ-threatening or life-threatening disease
Generalized Renal or other organ threatening disease, serum creatinine ,500 mmol/ litre (5.6 mg/dl)
Severe Renal or other vital organ failure, serum creatinine .500 mmol/litre (5.6 mg/dl)
Refractory Progressive disease unresponsive to glucocorticoids and Cyclophosphamide
Table 2: Assessment of disease severity.