An Unusual Illness in Young Children Associated with an Enteric Virus

Abstract

During August and September, 1954, 10 babies (seven girls and three boys with ages ranging from 3 to 14 months) were admitted to the Shadwell branch of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Children. They all showed a similar clinical picture, of un- certain aetiology, with irritability, fever, a maculo- papular rash, enlargement of superficial lymph nodes, vomiting and diarrhoea. Changes in the cerebrospinal fluid (C.S.F.) were found. None was seriously ill at any time and all made a straight- forward recovery.