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Case Reports
. 2004 Jun;8(3):R137.
doi: 10.1186/cc2853. Epub 2004 Mar 31.

Case report: purple urine bag syndrome

Joaquim Palmeiro Ribeiro  1 , Paulo Marcelino, Susan Marum, Ana Paula Fernandes, Ana Grilo
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Case Reports

Case report: purple urine bag syndrome

Joaquim Palmeiro Ribeiro et al. Crit Care. 2004 Jun.

Abstract

Purple urine bag syndrome (PUBS) was first reported in 1978. PUBS is rare, occurs predominantly in constipated women, chronically catheterized and associated with some bacterial urinary infections that produce sulphatase/phosphatase. The etiology is due to indigo (blue) and indirubin (red) or to their mixture that becomes purple. A chain reaction begins in the gastrointestinal tract with tryptophan as described in the article.

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Red bag and tube.
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Figure 2
Violet/pulple bag.
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Blue tube.
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