Purple urine bag syndrome in nursing homes: Ten elderly case reports and a literature review

Clinical Interventions in Aging

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 729-734

  Lin, Chi Hung ^a   Huang, Hsien Te ^a   Chien, Chia Chang ^a   Tzeng, Dong Sheng ^a,b   Lung, For Wey ^a,b,c,d  

^a KAOHSIUNG ARMED FORCES GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^d Calo Psychiatric Center   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bacteriuria; Indigo; Indirubin; Indoxyl sulphatase phosphatase; Nosocomial catheter associated UTIs; Nursing home; Purple urine bag syndrome

Indexed keywords

TRYPTOPHAN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; CATHETER COMPLICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEMODIALYSIS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; NEUROGENIC BLADDER; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PURPLE URINE BAG SYNDROME; TREATMENT DURATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIA; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDOLES; MALE; NURSING HOMES; SYNDROME; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 60749092298     PISSN: 11769092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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