Purple urine bag syndrome: an alarming and rare phenomenon of urine infection
Keywords:
Purple Urine Bag, Urine Discoloration, Tryptophan, Urine Infection
Abstract
Purple urine bag syndrome (PUBS) is a rare but striking and an alarming medical phenomenon observed in patients having indwelling urinary catheters with co-existing urinary tract infections. It commonly occurs in bedridden elderly with constipation and long standing indwelling urinary catheters, and denotes bacterial urinary tract infection. The authors report a case of 77 year-old Indian male with purple coloration of his urinary drainage bag in the context of a urinary tract infection caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
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2. Su FH, Chung SY, Chen MH, Sheng ML, Chen CH, Chen YJ, et al. Case analysis of purple urine-bag syndrome at a long-term care service in a community hospital. Chang Gung Med J. 2005 Sep;28(9):636-42.
3. Khan F, Chaudhry MA, Qureshi N, Cowley B. Purple Urine Bag Syndrome: An Alarming Hue? A Brief Review of the Literature. Int J Nephrol. 2011;2011:419213. [PubMed]
4. Rawal G, Garg N, Wani UR, Yadav S. Green urine: A rare benign side effect of propofol. Int J Med Res Rev 2015;3(1):136-138. [PubMed]
5. Hadano Y, Shimizu T, Takada S, Inoue T, Sorano S. An update on purple urine bag syndrome. Int J Gen Med. 2012;5:707-10. [PubMed]
6. Dealler SF, Hawkey PM, Millar MR. Enzymatic degradation of urinary indoxyl sulfate by Providencia stuartii and Klebsiella pneumoniae causes the purple urine bag syndrome. J Clin Microbiol. 1988 Oct;26(10):2152-6.
7. Yang CJ, Lu PL, Chen TC, Tasi YM, Lien CT, Chong IW, et al. Chronic kidney disease is a potential risk factor for the development of purple urine bag syndrome. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2009 Oct;57(10):1937-8. [PubMed]
8. Lin CH, Huang HT, Chien CC, Tzeng DS, Lung FW. Purple urine bag syndrome in nursing homes: Ten elderly case reports and a literature review. Clin Interv Aging. 2008;3(4):729-34.
CITATION
DOI: 10.17511/ijmrr.2015.i2.036
Published: 2015-03-31
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Rawal G, Garg N, Yadav S, Rasool Wani U, Shokeen P. Purple urine bag syndrome: an alarming and rare phenomenon of urine infection. Int J Med Res Rev [Internet]. 2015Mar.31 [cited 2024Nov.8];3(2):231-3. Available from: https://ijmrr.medresearch.in/index.php/ijmrr/article/view/215
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