Worku DA. Purple urine bag syndrome: An unusual but important manifestation of urinary tract infection. Case report and literature review.
SAGE Open Med Case Rep 2019;
7:2050313X18823105. [PMID:
30719299 PMCID:
PMC6349982 DOI:
10.1177/2050313x18823105]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2018] [Accepted: 12/13/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Purple urine bag syndrome is a rare albeit alarming purple discolouration of the urine typically seen in elderly ladies with constipation, urinary tract infection and concurrent urinary catheterisation. In this concise review, we report the pathophysiology of this condition and the case of one patient who developed this interesting phenomenon.
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