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
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2004
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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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author Ribeiro, Joaquim Palmeiro
Marcelino, Paulo
Marum, Susan
Fernandes, Ana Paula
Grilo, Ana
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Marcelino, Paulo
Marum, Susan
Fernandes, Ana Paula
Grilo, Ana
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description 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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spelling pubmed-4689022004-07-16 Case report: Purple urine bag syndrome Ribeiro, Joaquim Palmeiro Marcelino, Paulo Marum, Susan Fernandes, Ana Paula Grilo, Ana Crit Care Research 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. BioMed Central 2004 2004-03-31 /pmc/articles/PMC468902/ /pubmed/15153241 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc2853 Text en Copyright © 2004 Ribeiro et al., licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article: verbatim copying and redistribution of this article are permitted in all media for any purpose, provided this notice is preserved along with the article's original URL.
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Ribeiro, Joaquim Palmeiro
Marcelino, Paulo
Marum, Susan
Fernandes, Ana Paula
Grilo, Ana
Case report: Purple urine bag syndrome
title Case report: Purple urine bag syndrome
title_full Case report: Purple urine bag syndrome
title_fullStr Case report: Purple urine bag syndrome
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title_short Case report: Purple urine bag syndrome
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url 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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