Purple urine bag syndrome: a case report and review of the literature

Purple urine bag syndrome (PUBS) is a rare and striking manifestation associated with urinary tract infection involving bright purple discoloration of the lining and tubing of a urinary catheter bag. We present the interesting case of a 90-year-old female patient who developed PUBS and include a rev...

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Autores principales: Traynor, Bryan P, Pomeroy, Eoghan, Niall, Dorothy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5934649/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29744118
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omx059
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description Purple urine bag syndrome (PUBS) is a rare and striking manifestation associated with urinary tract infection involving bright purple discoloration of the lining and tubing of a urinary catheter bag. We present the interesting case of a 90-year-old female patient who developed PUBS and include a review of the relevant literature to date. Uniquely, in this case, PUBS acts as an important clinical sign in supporting the diagnosis of urinary tract infection in a high-risk patient.
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spelling pubmed-59346492018-05-09 Purple urine bag syndrome: a case report and review of the literature Traynor, Bryan P Pomeroy, Eoghan Niall, Dorothy Oxf Med Case Reports Case Report Purple urine bag syndrome (PUBS) is a rare and striking manifestation associated with urinary tract infection involving bright purple discoloration of the lining and tubing of a urinary catheter bag. We present the interesting case of a 90-year-old female patient who developed PUBS and include a review of the relevant literature to date. Uniquely, in this case, PUBS acts as an important clinical sign in supporting the diagnosis of urinary tract infection in a high-risk patient. Oxford University Press 2017-11-01 /pmc/articles/PMC5934649/ /pubmed/29744118 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omx059 Text en © The Author 2017. Published by Oxford University Press. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5934649/
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