When people have Purple Urine Bag Syndrome, it has to share space with various kinds of bacteria. These bacteria, present in the urine as a result of infection, shear the indoxyl sulfate of its ...

This so-called purple urine bag syndrome resolved after treatment with ceftazidime. The phenomenon occurs over a 2-year period in about 8% of patients with indwelling urinary catheters. 1 The syndrome ...

Medics at the Hôpital de Bicêtre, on the outskirts of Paris, diagnosed the unidentified 70-year-old with 'purple urinary bag syndrome' (PUBS).

Purple urinary bag syndrome (PUBS) is a rare phenomenon caused by a UTI By STEPHEN MATTHEWS FOR MAILONLINE Published: 10:45 EDT, 20 July 2018 | Updated: 16:02 EDT, 20 July 2018 ...

After about four days, her urine turned back to a normal color and the pH level dropped back down. Cases of purple urine bag syndrome are relatively rare.

Purple urine bag syndrome (PUBS) is a rare side effect in a patient with urinary tract infection where urine in the catheter bags and tubing turn purple, the medics explained. A UTI caused a ...

Other risk factors include "female gender, constipation and chronic renal failure,” per a 2018 BMJ report. The woman's purple urine. (The New England Journal of Medicine ©2019) ...

But in this case, it was simply a rare, harmless chemical reaction also known as “purple urinary bag syndrome” (PUBS). This phenomenon was first recorded in medical literature in 1978 and appears on ...

Cite this as: Hillebrand U, Schmitt R: Purple urine in the catheter bag. Dtsch Arztebl Int 2022; 119: 764. DOI: 10.3238/arztebl.m2022.0197 Figure Enlarge All figures Purple Urine in the Catheter Bag ...

Another is aptly called purple urine-bag syndrome, and is another bacterial phenomenon. This refers to a condition where bacteria in a patient with a catheter (a urine drain) make stains that ...