Prospective Longitudinal Study of Children With Tic Disorders and/or Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Relationship of Symptom Exacerbations to Newly Acquired Streptococcal Infections
Luo F, Leckman JF, Katsovich L, Findley D, Grantz H, Tucker DM, Lombroso PJ, King RA, Bessen DE. Prospective Longitudinal Study of Children With Tic Disorders and/or Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Relationship of Symptom Exacerbations to Newly Acquired Streptococcal Infections. Pediatrics 2004, 113: e578-e585. PMID: 15173540, DOI: 10.1542/peds.113.6.e578.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGABHS infectionSymptom exacerbationObsessive-compulsive disorderControl subjectsTourette syndromeAcute exacerbationTime pointsHealthy control subjectsBeta-hemolytic streptococciAcute inflammatory responseAcute symptom exacerbationsProspective longitudinal studyAutoimmune mechanismsPediatric patientsStreptococcal infectionNeuropsychiatric symptomsGABHS infectionsNonspecific markerInflammatory responseTic disordersUnselected groupObsessive-compulsive symptom severityExacerbationPatientsObsessive-compulsive symptoms