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Association between streptococcal infection and obsessive-compulsive disorder, Tourette’s syndrome, and tic disorder. Antibiotic prophylaxis with azithromycin or penicillin for childhood-onset neuropsychiatric disorders. Infection, vaccines and other environmental triggers of autoimmunity. Tic disorders and obsessive-compulsive disorder: is autoimmunity involved?
Preliminary findings of antistreptococcal antibody titers and basal ganglia volumes in tic, obsessive-compulsive, and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorders. Psychiatric disorders in first-degree relatives of children with pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections (PANDAS).
