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Subjects included 40 matched pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections case-control pairs who were prospectively evaluated with intensive laboratory testing for group A \u03b2-hemolytic streptococcus and clinical measures for an average of 2 years. Additional testing occurred at the time of any clinical exacerbations or illness. Laboratory personnel were blinded to case or control status and clinical (exacerbation or not) condition. Clinical raters were blinded to the results of laboratory tests.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>RESULTS. The cases had a higher clinical exacerbation rate and a higher bona fide group A \u03b2-hemolytic streptococcus infection rate than the control group. Only 5 of 64 exacerbations were temporally associated (within 4 weeks) with a group A \u03b2-hemolytic streptococcus infection, and all occurred in cases. The number (5.0) was significantly higher than the number that would be expected by chance alone (1.6). Yet, \u226575% of the clinical exacerbations in cases had no observable temporal relationship to group A \u03b2-hemolytic streptococcus infection.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>CONCLUSIONS. Patients who fit published criteria for pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections seem to represent a subgroup of those with chronic tic disorders and obsessive-compulsive disorder who may be vulnerable to group A \u03b2-hemolytic streptococcus infection as a precipitant of neuropsychiatric symptom exacerbations. Group A \u03b2-hemolytic streptococcus infection is not the only or even the most common antecedent event associated with exacerbations for these patients. 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