A Case of Purple Urine Bag Syndrome in a Spastic Partial Quadriplegic Male
Purple bag urine syndrome (PUBS) is a benign and unique phenomenon of the urine turning a deep violet color within the urinary catheter tubing and bag. This phenomenon is commonly encountered in patients indicated with long-term catheter placement or, in certain conditions like chronic constipation,...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4852186/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27182466 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.552 |
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author | Tul Llah, Sibghat Khan, Salman Dave, Atman Morrison, Amelia Jane A Jain, Swapna Hermanns, David |
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description | Purple bag urine syndrome (PUBS) is a benign and unique phenomenon of the urine turning a deep violet color within the urinary catheter tubing and bag. This phenomenon is commonly encountered in patients indicated with long-term catheter placement or, in certain conditions like chronic constipation, alkaline urine, limited ambulation, and, in terms of gender distribution, the female sex, predominates. PUBS gets its name from a unique phenomenon that takes places inside the gut where tryptophan (an amino acid) is metabolized, producing blue and red hues which together emanate a deep violet color. Here, the case of a middle-aged male patient with a suprapubic catheter in situ, following trauma causing spastic partial quadriplegia, is being presented with PUBS due to UTI secondary to Proteus vulgaris. The risk factors, in this case, include chronic constipation and recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs). |
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spelling | pubmed-48521862016-05-13 A Case of Purple Urine Bag Syndrome in a Spastic Partial Quadriplegic Male Tul Llah, Sibghat Khan, Salman Dave, Atman Morrison, Amelia Jane A Jain, Swapna Hermanns, David Cureus Nephrology Purple bag urine syndrome (PUBS) is a benign and unique phenomenon of the urine turning a deep violet color within the urinary catheter tubing and bag. This phenomenon is commonly encountered in patients indicated with long-term catheter placement or, in certain conditions like chronic constipation, alkaline urine, limited ambulation, and, in terms of gender distribution, the female sex, predominates. PUBS gets its name from a unique phenomenon that takes places inside the gut where tryptophan (an amino acid) is metabolized, producing blue and red hues which together emanate a deep violet color. Here, the case of a middle-aged male patient with a suprapubic catheter in situ, following trauma causing spastic partial quadriplegia, is being presented with PUBS due to UTI secondary to Proteus vulgaris. The risk factors, in this case, include chronic constipation and recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs). Cureus 2016-04-01 /pmc/articles/PMC4852186/ /pubmed/27182466 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.552 Text en Copyright © 2016, Tul Llah et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Nephrology Tul Llah, Sibghat Khan, Salman Dave, Atman Morrison, Amelia Jane A Jain, Swapna Hermanns, David A Case of Purple Urine Bag Syndrome in a Spastic Partial Quadriplegic Male |
title | A Case of Purple Urine Bag Syndrome in a Spastic Partial Quadriplegic Male |
title_full | A Case of Purple Urine Bag Syndrome in a Spastic Partial Quadriplegic Male |
title_fullStr | A Case of Purple Urine Bag Syndrome in a Spastic Partial Quadriplegic Male |
title_full_unstemmed | A Case of Purple Urine Bag Syndrome in a Spastic Partial Quadriplegic Male |
title_short | A Case of Purple Urine Bag Syndrome in a Spastic Partial Quadriplegic Male |
title_sort | case of purple urine bag syndrome in a spastic partial quadriplegic male |
topic | Nephrology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4852186/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27182466 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.552 |
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