Postencephalitic Parkinson Syndrome after Meningoencephalitis Due to Coxsackie Virus Group B, Type 2

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Abstract
THE purpose of the present communication is to A report a case of meningoencephalitis in which Coxsackie virus Group B, Type 2, was isolated from the stools and in which a significantly high and further-rising antibody titer was demonstrated during the early course of an illness that did not terminate in recovery but resulted in a still persisting and progressing disability.Since the discovery of the Coxsackie viruses by Dalldorf and Sickles1 in 1948 and the subsequent isolation of at least 24 types of ECHO viruses, an increasing correlation of diseases with these initially "orphaned" agents has taken place. No . . .