TY - JOUR
T1 - Pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatry disorders associated with streptococcus
T2 - Comparison of diagnosis and treatment in the community and at a specialty clinic
AU - Gabbay, Vilma
AU - Coffey, Barbara J.
AU - Babb, James S.
AU - Meyer, Laura
AU - Wachtel, Carly
AU - Anam, Seeba
AU - Rabinovitz, Beth
PY - 2008/8
Y1 - 2008/8
N2 - OBJECTIVES. This study aimed to examine whether pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatry disorders associated with streptococcus were appropriately diagnosed in the community and to determine subsequent rates of unwarranted use of antibiotic treatment for tics and obsessive-compulsive symptoms without the identification of an infection. METHODS.The design was a retrospective, cross-sectional, observational study of 176 children and adolescents who were evaluated in a specialty program for tics, Tourette's disorder, and related problems. Previously published diagnostic criteria were used to establish the diagnosis of pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcus in our clinic. RESULTS. Subjects were significantly less likely to receive a diagnosis of pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcus at the specialty clinic than in the community. In the community, subjects were significantly more likely to be treated with antibiotics or immunosuppressant medication if they received a diagnosis of pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associatedwith streptococcus. Of the 27 subjects with a community diagnosis of pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcus who were treated with antibiotics, 22 (82%) were treated without laboratory evidence of an infection;2 were treated with immunomodulatory medications. CONCLUSIONS. Our results support our hypothesis that pediatric autoimmune neuropsy-chiatric disorders associated with streptococcus are frequently diagnosed in the community without the application of all working diagnostic criteria. This phenomnon has resulted in unwarranted use of antibiotic treatment for tics/obsessive-compulsive disorder without evidence of laboratory infection. Copyringt
AB - OBJECTIVES. This study aimed to examine whether pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatry disorders associated with streptococcus were appropriately diagnosed in the community and to determine subsequent rates of unwarranted use of antibiotic treatment for tics and obsessive-compulsive symptoms without the identification of an infection. METHODS.The design was a retrospective, cross-sectional, observational study of 176 children and adolescents who were evaluated in a specialty program for tics, Tourette's disorder, and related problems. Previously published diagnostic criteria were used to establish the diagnosis of pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcus in our clinic. RESULTS. Subjects were significantly less likely to receive a diagnosis of pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcus at the specialty clinic than in the community. In the community, subjects were significantly more likely to be treated with antibiotics or immunosuppressant medication if they received a diagnosis of pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associatedwith streptococcus. Of the 27 subjects with a community diagnosis of pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcus who were treated with antibiotics, 22 (82%) were treated without laboratory evidence of an infection;2 were treated with immunomodulatory medications. CONCLUSIONS. Our results support our hypothesis that pediatric autoimmune neuropsy-chiatric disorders associated with streptococcus are frequently diagnosed in the community without the application of all working diagnostic criteria. This phenomnon has resulted in unwarranted use of antibiotic treatment for tics/obsessive-compulsive disorder without evidence of laboratory infection. Copyringt
KW - Antibiotic treatment
KW - Group A β-hemolytic streptococcus
KW - Obsessive-compulsive disorder
KW - Pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcus
KW - Tics
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U2 - 10.1542/peds.2007-1307
DO - 10.1542/peds.2007-1307
M3 - Article
C2 - 18676543
AN - SCOPUS:49849098600
SN - 0031-4005
VL - 122
SP - 273
EP - 278
JO - Pediatrics
JF - Pediatrics
IS - 2
ER -