Autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with infection

Abstract

There have been many observations of the relationship between infectious disease and behaviour changes such as the development of tics documented in medical literature over a long period of time. Paediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections (PANDAS) is a controversial diagnosis because it relies on linking a causal association between a common childhood illness with less common psychiatric symptoms. This case report describes a possible case of PANDAS in a young person, the course of treatment and its outcome.