PURPLE URINE BAG SYNDROME: AN ALARMING HUE?

Abstract

Kumbha Thulasi Ram1, P. Suresh2, H. V. V. S. S. Lakshman K3, K. Alekya4

Purple urine bag syndrome is a rare phenomenon reported mostly in females on an indwelling catheter in chronically constipated with alkaline urine. It is secondary to recurrent urinary tract infections with indigo and indirubicin producing bacteria. Here we present this interesting case of an elderly woman who had purple colored urine bag.

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