Pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders after streptococcus infection

Baljeet Maini; Manish Bathla; Gurdeep S Dhanjal; Prem D Sharma

doi:10.4103/0019-5545.104827

Pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders after streptococcus infection

Indian J Psychiatry. 2012 Oct;54(4):375-7. doi: 10.4103/0019-5545.104827.

Authors

Baljeet Maini¹, Manish Bathla, Gurdeep S Dhanjal, Prem D Sharma

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatrics, MMIMSR, Mullana, Ambala, Haryana, India.

Abstract

Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal infection (PANDAS) is a group of disorders recently recognized as a clinical entity. A case of PANDAS is described here, which remitted after 1 month of treatment. Recent Group A beta-hemolytic streptococcus infection should be considered in a child who presents with a sudden explosive onset of tics or obsessive compulsive symptoms.

Keywords: PANDAS; obsessive compulsive disorder; tic disorder.