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Purple urine bag syndrome
A 44-year-old man with Down’s syndrome and neurogenic bladder which required a suprapubic catheter presented with fever and change in his urine color for one day. Physical examination revealed a temperature of 38.3°C, blood pressure of 60/30 mmHg, pulse rate of 120/min and urine with purple discoloration in the urine catheter and bag (Figure 1). A urine dipstick test indicated the presence of l...
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A 67-year-old woman presented to the emergency department in congestive heart failure. She also had a history of transverse myelitis, which had caused her to be bedbound with an indwelling urinary catheter. During the physical examination, the urine in her Foley tubing and bag were noted to be bright purple. When asked, she replied that the urine had turned purple several weeks earlier. She den...
متن کاملPurple urine bag syndrome.
A 70 year old lady of recurrent ischaemic stroke on a chronic urinary catheter presented with purple discoloration of her catheter bag. Clinically, she was febrile. The urinary catheter drainage bag (Panel A) was purple stained. Her urine pH was alkaline at 7.5 with leucocytes present. The urine culture grew Klebsiella pneumoniae. She was treated with ampicillin/sulbactam which led to the resol...
متن کاملPurple Urine Bag Syndrome.
Purple Urine Bag Syndrome (PUBS) refers to the purple discoloration of urine and is commonly observed in bed ridden patients with long-term urinary catheters. Although typically benign, the purple discoloration is alarming to both the patients and their attendants. This case report presents an uncommon case of PUBS in a 60-year-old lady with hypertension, type II diabetes, and chronic kidney di...
متن کامل[Purple urine bag syndrome].
The purple urine bag syndrome (PUBS) i.e. purple discolouration of urine, is an uncommon and alarming condition in patients with long term urinary catheterisation. Though the condition is benign, it should draw immediate attention to the possibility of an underlying urinary tract infection. The postulated hypothesis for this unusual event is probably a chemical reaction involving tryptophan fro...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2320-6071
DOI: 10.5455/2320-6012.ijrms20130208