Purple urine bag syndrome: a unique clinical case and management considerations

Abstract Purple urine bag syndrome (PUBS) is a rare and unusual event. It is related to symptomatic urinary infection and asymptomatic bacteriuria in patients with indwelling bladder catheters. The purple color of the urine is due to metabolic products of biochemical reactions formed by bacterial en...

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Published in:BMC Nephrology
Main Authors: Fatemeh Mahdi, Amirhossein Larijani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2024-10-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-024-03708-6