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Case Reports
. 2007 Jun;17(4):864-5.
doi: 10.1016/s1166-7087(07)92322-2.

[Purple urine bag syndrome: a case report]

[Article in French]
Yaël Lazimy  1 , Jérôme Delotte, Jean-Christophe Machiavello, Michel Lallement, Michel Imbenotte, André Bongain
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Case Reports

[Purple urine bag syndrome: a case report]

[Article in French]
Yaël Lazimy et al. Prog Urol. 2007 Jun.

Abstract

The authors report a case of dark purple urine in a woman with bowel obstruction and bilateral percutaneous nephrostomy urinary diversion for 30 years. This colour was due to the presence of high urinary concentrations of 3-indoxyl sulphate due to the enzymatic activity of Providencia rettgeri. A favourable course was observed in response to antibiotics.

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