Purple urine bag syndrome.
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چکیده
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 resolution of her purple urine bag. The purple discoloration of the catheter bag is due to the blue pigment indirubin and purple pigment indigo [1]. The pigment production is thought to be the result of altered metabolism of tryptophan [2]. Purple Urine Bag Syndrome
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Emergencias : revista de la Sociedad Espanola de Medicina de Emergencias
دوره 27 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008