Study on Purple Pigmentation in Five Cases with Purple Urine Bag Syndrome

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  • NOBUKUNI Keigo
    Department of Neurology & Clinical Research Institute, National Sanatorium Minami-Okayama Hospital
  • KAWAHARA Shin
    Department of Internal Medicine, National Sanatorium Minami-Okayama Hospital
  • NAGARE Hitoshi
    Department of Clinical Labolatory, National Sanatorium Minami-Okayama Hospital
  • FUJITA Yuko
    Department of Clinical Labolatory, National Sanatorium Minami-Okayama Hospital

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  • Purple Urine Bag Syndrome5症例の着色機序に関する検討
  • Purple Urine Bag Syndrome 5 ショウレイ ノ チャク

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Abstract

We reported five patients with purple urine bag syndrome (PUBS). Four patients had indicanuria, and, in three of them, purple pigmentation was reproduced by inoculating urinary isolates in the broth with indoxyl sulfate. Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Enterococus avium were considered to produce the purple pigment in three patients. However, attempts to reproduce the purple pigment failed in two patients, and one of them did not have indicanuria. These results suggest that indicanuria is not necessarily required for the development of PUBS.

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  • Kansenshogaku Zasshi

    Kansenshogaku Zasshi 69 (11), 1269-1271, 1995

    The Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases

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