Unilateral Purple Urine Bag Syndrome in an Elderly Man with Nephrostomy

Purple urine bag syndrome, or PUBS, is a manifestation of a complicated urinary tract infection. Organisms such as Escherichia coli (E. coli) and Enterococcus can reside in urinary catheters and exhibit the purple color detected in this phenomenon. Risk factors described for this syndrome include th...

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Autores principales: Amoozgar, Behzad, Garala, Pavan, Velmahos, Vasilios N, Rebba, Bhavana, Sen, Shuvendu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2019
Materias:
Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6716751/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31511815
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.5435

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