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. 2012 Feb 22;5:163–174. doi: 10.2147/IJGM.S24212

Table 1.

Diagnostic criteria for PANDAS (pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections)5,6

Criteria

  1. OCD and/or neurological tic disorder (met by DSM-IV®5 criteria)

  2. Onset before puberty

  3. Clinical course is episodic with acute, severe onset; symptom exacerbations are dramatic

  4. During symptom exacerbations, neurological abnormalities are present

  5. GAβHS infection and symptom exacerbations occurring temporally

Abbreviations: DSM-IV®, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: DSM-IV; GAβHS, group A beta-hemolytic streptococcus; OCD, obsessive-compulsive disorder.