Purple Urine Bag Syndrome: Series of Nine Cases and Review of Literature

Purple coloured urine occurs in the patients, mainly elderly who are on urinary catheters for a long-time and develop Purple Urine Bag Syndrome (PUBS), wherein the urinary bag and the tubing turn in to purple colour. The chain reaction responsible for PUBS begins with tryptophan from the food chain...

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Main Authors: Arvind Goyal, Vikas Garg, Jyoti Jindal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited 2018-11-01
Series:Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
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Online Access:https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/12202/34951_CE(MJ)_F(AP)_PF1_(MJ_AP)_PFA(MJ_AP)_PN(SHU).pdf