Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections (PANDAS)

Graziella Orefici, PhD, Francesco Cardona, MD, Carol J. Cox, PhD, and Madeleine W. Cunningham, PhD.
From the Book: Streptococcus pyogenes Basic Biology to Clinical Manifestations – University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center-2016

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The inclusion of a chapter on pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections (or PANDAS) is essential to provide a history of the disease and provide current information about its association with Streptococcus pyogenes (group A streptococci), tics, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and its relationship to Sydenham chorea (SC), which is the neurologic manifestation of acute rheumatic fever.

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