[Perinatal acquired cytomegalovirusinfection with following polyneuritis as a rare complication (author's transl)].

Case report of a 3 week old baby with polyneuritis caused by perinatal acquired cytomegalovirusinfection. Neurological complications are in the acquired form of cytomegalovirusinfection. In acute paralyses of unknown origin CMV-infection should also be included in diagnostic considerations in childhood.