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Purple urine in a patient with UTI and constipation

Purple urine bag syndrome (PUBS) is a visually striking and a rare side effect in a patient with urinary tract infection where urine in the catheter bags and tubing turn purple. The urine in PUBS gets its color from the combination of two pigments, indirubin and indigo, which are breakdown products...

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Autores principales: Kannan, Lakshmi, Bauman, Allison Ann
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9969816/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36860965
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omad013