Purple Urine Bag Syndrome: A Peculiar Presentation of a Urinary Tract Infection
João Faia, Ana S Martins, Miguel Martins · 2023
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Description
João Faia, Ana Martins, and Miguel Martins share a case of purple urine bag syndrome, a strange sign in which the urine in a drainage bag turns purple. The sign links to urinary tract infections, most often in frail older women with constipation and a long term tube to drain the bladder.
Their patient was a woman of eighty-seven. The report walks through how the color arises, step by step in the body and the bag. It then sets out the choices for care, from treating the infection to changing the bag and tube. The authors stress that the odd color, while striking, points to a treatable cause.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | João Faia, Ana S Martins, Miguel Martins |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 7 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |