title: Guillain-Barré Syndrome due to CMV Reactivation after Cardiac Transplantation.
abstract: A 40-year-old male patient suffered from end-stage heart failure due to ischemic cardiomyopathy and received orthotopic cardiac transplantation in June 2005. The instantaneous postoperative course was uneventful, but, seven months later, he suffered from paralysis in the lower extremities finally resulting in quadriplegia and was admitted to hospital. After laboratory testings the diagnosis of a Guillain-Barré syndrome due to cytomegalovirus reactivation was confirmed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Innsbruck Medical University, Müllerstraße 44, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
authors.forename: Christina Maria
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Steger
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
authors.forename: Herwig
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Antretter
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Höfer