Case report: Purple urine bag syndrome

Purple urine bag syndrome (PUBS) was first reported in 1978. PUBS is rare, occurs predominantly in constipated women, chronically catheterized and associated with some bacterial urinary infections that produce sulphatase/phosphatase. The etiology is due to indigo (blue) and indirubin (red) or to the...

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Autores principales: Ribeiro, Joaquim Palmeiro, Marcelino, Paulo, Marum, Susan, Fernandes, Ana Paula, Grilo, Ana
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2004
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC468902/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15153241
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc2853
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Sumario:Purple urine bag syndrome (PUBS) was first reported in 1978. PUBS is rare, occurs predominantly in constipated women, chronically catheterized and associated with some bacterial urinary infections that produce sulphatase/phosphatase. The etiology is due to indigo (blue) and indirubin (red) or to their mixture that becomes purple. A chain reaction begins in the gastrointestinal tract with tryptophan as described in the article.

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