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Purple Urine Bag Syndrome.

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Purple urine bag syndrome (PUBS) is a rare disorder seen in elderly persons, wherein the urinary bag and the tubing turn in to purple colour. It is usually seen in patients who are on urinary catheters for a long time. Purple coloured urine occurs due to the accumulation of indigo and indirubin,

Doctor: Why Has Her Urine Turned Purple?

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We present the case of an elderly woman with long-term indwelling urinary catheter use whose urine turned purple due to a urinary tract infection.

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Purple urine bag syndrome is secondary to urinary tract infections with indigo- and

[Pastel in the urine bag].

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Purple urine bag syndrome is a relatively unknown phenomenon in which the urine bag and the collector of chronically catheterized patients turn purple or blue. It affects predominantly women, and is mainly reported in elderly patients. The mechanism seems to be related to the appearance in the urine

[Serum levels of amino acid in patients with purple urine bag syndrome].

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The plastic of urinary catheter drainage bags occasionally turns purple hours or days after catheterization and the color becomes increasingly intense the longer the same drainage system is left in place. This phenomenon was first reported in 1978 as "purple urine bag syndrome", and had been known

[Purple Urine Bag Syndrome: A Rare Clinical Case].

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Purple urine bag syndrome (PUBS) is a rare syndrome characterized by production of indigo (blue) and indirubin (red) pigments due to bacterial colonization in urinary catheter. The pathogenesis of PUBS is related to the combination of these two pigments produced from the metabolism of tryptophan.

Purple urine bag syndrome: A startling phenomenon of purple urine in a urine drainage bag. A primary care approach and literature review.

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Purple urine bag syndrome (PUBs) is a rare and startling phenomenon of purple discolouration in the urine or urinary catheter and bag. It is reported in chronically debilitated elderly patients, mostly in women on long-term urinary catheters. Its prevalence is strikingly more common in nursing home

Case Report: Purple urine bag syndrome in woman with neurogenic bladder.

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Purple urine bag syndrome (PUBS) is a rare phenomenon in patients that is associated with the use of a long-term/indwelling urinary catheter. The purple color results from indigo and indirubin, accumulated from bacteria-mediated tryptophan conversion. High risk patients include: the elderly; women;

Purple urine bag syndrome: A case report and review of literature.

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Purple urine bag syndrome (PUBS) is an infrequent condition, seen mostly in elderly female patients, characterized by an intense purple discoloration of contents of urine bag following long-term indwelling urinary catheterization. The purple discoloration is most often due to the presence of indigo

Recognizing purple bag syndrome at first look.

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Purple urine bag syndrome is a clinical entity first described in 1978. Its typical discoloration is worrying for clinicians. In the past, these patients sometimes reached the emergency unit only because of this exceptional worrying urinary sign and underwent invasive diagnostic examinations

Purple Urine Bag Syndrome: A Rare Spot Diagnosis.

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Purple urine bag syndrome (PUBS) is a complication of urinary tract infections (UTIs) where catheter bags and tubing turn purple. It is alarming for patients, families, and clinicians; however, it is in itself a benign phenomenon. PUBS is the result of UTIs with specific bacteria that produce

An update on purple urine bag syndrome.

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Purple urine bag syndrome is characterized by the urinary drainage bag turning purple in patients on prolonged urinary catheterization, especially those in the bedridden state. It is associated with bacterial urinary tract infections caused by indigo-producing and indirubin-producing bacteria,

Purple urine bag syndrome: a rare and interesting phenomenon.

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Discoloration of urine is not uncommonly encountered in clinical practice and may indicate a significant pathology. However, the majority of instances are benign and occur as the result of trauma to the urological system during procedures or ingestions of substances such as medication or food.

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