Etiological studies on malignant epidemic gastro-enteritis in infants.

SUMMARY In order to find out the cause of the malignant gastroenteritis in infants, the stools from such children have been submitted to thorough bacteriological and serological examination. In a good many cases, furthermore, autopsy was performed under sterile precautions. As the bacteriological findings were not suggestive of any bacterial cause, attempts were made to isolate a possibly present virus. These attempts also proved negative.