Affiliations: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Máxima Medical
Center, Veldhoven, The Netherlands | Department of Radiology, Máxima Medical Center,
Veldhoven, The Netherlands | Department of Industrial Design, Eindhoven University
of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Note: [] Corresponding author: Peter Andriessen, Neonatal Intensive Care
Unit, Máxima Medical Center, PO Box 7777, 5500 MB Veldhoven, The
Netherlands. Tel.: +31 408 889 350; Fax: +31 408 889 340; E-mail:
p.andriessen@mmc.nl
Abstract: We report a preterm infant diagnosed with a late-onset
Pseudomonas aeruginosa sepsis and necrotizing meningo-encephalitis who died at
the age of 12 days as a consequence of multiple organ failure. In this case report we show the importance of the application of different advanced MRI
modalities. On the basis of the MRI findings, clinical presentation, and
laboratory data, the diagnosis of a necrotizing encephalopathy secondary to
Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection was established.