PURPLE URINE BAG SYNDROME: AN ALARMING HUE?
Journal Title: Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcare - Year 2015, Vol 2, Issue 7
Abstract
Purple urine bag syndrome is a rare phenomenon reported mostly in females on an indwelling catheter in chronically constipated with alkaline urine. It is secondary to recurrent urinary tract infections with indigo and indirubicin producing bacteria. Here we present this interesting case of an elderly woman who had purple colored urine bag.
Authors and Affiliations
Kumbha Thulasi Ram, Suresh P, Lakshman K. H. V. V. S. S. , Alekya K
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- DOI 10.18410/jebmh/2015/132
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