Journal article
Purple Urine Bag Syndrome: An Unusual Presentation of Urinary Tract Infection
Curēus (Palo Alto, CA), Vol.13(7), e16319
07/11/2021
DOI: 10.7759/cureus.16319
PMCID: PMC8354832
PMID: 34395107
Abstract
Purple urine bag syndrome (PUBS) is a very rare phenomenon strongly associated with long-term indwelling catheterization that results in an increased risk of urinary tract infection. The color change in the urine bag results from the altered metabolism of tryptophan into color pigments by certain bacteria which produce sulfates and phosphates enzymes. Although it is benign in nature, PUBS results in greater anxiety among patients and their families. The most important risk factors include long-term catheterization, female gender, chronic constipation, old age and bed-bound patients. Here, we present a case of PUBS in a middle-aged woman with a history of the neurogenic bladder that needed long-term catheterization along with chronic constipation.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Purple Urine Bag Syndrome: An Unusual Presentation of Urinary Tract Infection
- Creators
- Ravi Kumar - Jinnah Sindh Medical UniversityKanchan Devi - Jinnah Sindh Medical UniversityDeepak Kataria - Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical UniversityJai Kumar - Liaquat University of Medical & Health SciencesIshtiaq Ahmad - Khyber Medical College
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Curēus (Palo Alto, CA), Vol.13(7), e16319
- DOI
- 10.7759/cureus.16319
- PMID
- 34395107
- PMCID
- PMC8354832
- NLM abbreviation
- Cureus
- ISSN
- 2168-8184
- eISSN
- 2168-8184
- Publisher
- Cureus
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/11/2021
- Academic Unit
- Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9985065268002771
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