Purple urine bag syndrome

Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl. 2021 Mar-Apr;32(2):530-531. doi: 10.4103/1319-2442.335466.

Abstract

Purple urine bag syndrome is very rare in which urine color changes, and it becomes purple. This occurs when patients with a urinary catheter are bedridden, and suffer from urinary tract infection caused by specific organisms.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Catheters, Indwelling / adverse effects*
  • Color
  • Diabetic Nephropathies / complications*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Proteus Infections / diagnosis
  • Proteus Infections / drug therapy*
  • Proteus mirabilis / isolation & purification*
  • Syndrome
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Urinary Catheters / microbiology*
  • Urinary Tract Infections / complications*
  • Urinary Tract Infections / diagnosis
  • Urinary Tract Infections / drug therapy
  • Urinary Tract Infections / microbiology
  • Urine / chemistry
  • Urine / microbiology*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents