Streptococcal infections of skin and PANDAS.

Abstract

Group A streptococcal infections are associated with a variety of infections and a subset of obsessive-compulsive disorder and/or tic disorders. Screening of obsessive-compulsive symptoms and tics in patient with streptococcal infection of skin must be effective in identifying subjects who met published criteria for pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections (PANDAS).

• Authors: Rosanna Carelli, Stefano Pallanti
• Journal: Dermatologic therapy (Dermatol Ther) Vol. 27 Issue 1 Pg. 28-30 ( 2014) ISSN: 1529-8019 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 24502308 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
• Copyright: © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Topics

• Adult
• Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous System (etiology)
• Humans
• Male
• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (etiology)
• Skin Diseases, Bacterial (complications)
• Streptococcal Infections (complications)
• Tics (etiology)