RSV is a respiratory virus which presents like a very bad cold, most common
during the winter season.  The younger the child the harder it is for the
baby to compensate with so much secretions in the nose and babies being
primarily nose breathers until around 6-9 months of age.  So often these
child end up being admitted to the hospital with a secondary diagnosis of
dehydration as they don't eat well, until they start feeling a little
better.  RSV is not one to cause lesions that I have ever heard of. Also
amoxil is not a drug used to treat generally RSV.  It leads me to think
that the child had some other type of infection concurrently with RSV
possibly...like an ear infection maybe?

Was this child admitted to a Children's Hospital or an adult hospital that
also treats pediatric patients?  If treated in an adult hospital they may
well have prescribed amoxil for the RSV.  Speaking from experience as I
work in a Children's Hospital as an E.R. nurse.  We see a LOT of RSV cases,
I have never seen a RSV case cause lesions in the mouth though.  It sounds
like the child could have had a few things going on at the same time.

Denise, R.N., IBCLC

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