Purple urine bag syndrome (PUBS), a rare and an alarming medical phenomenon is characterized by an alarming purple discoloration of the urine secondary to recurrent urinary tract infections. The present article provides an insight on this uncommon entity. Purple urine bag syndrome (PUBS), a rare disease signified by an alarming purple discoloration of the urine is usually seen in women with constipation and alkaline urine with long-term indwelling urinary catheters.
Though a benign clinical condition, however, the purple discoloration of the urinary bag or catheter tubing becomes a cause of concern for the patients or their attendants as well as for the physician . The conditions typically develops hours or days after recurrent urinary tract infections caused by gram-negative bacteria containing sulphatase and phosphatase enzymes resulting in the formation of pigments; indirubin (red)…
