The purple urine bag syndrome: a visually striking side effect of a highly alkaline urinary tract infection

Authors

  • Peter Peters Department of Urology, Ipswich General Hospital, Queensland, Australia; School of Medicine, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia
  • Jessica Merlo Department of Urology, Ipswich General Hospital, Queensland, Australia
  • Nicholas Beech School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia
  • Chantelle Giles School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia
  • Bonita Boon Department of Urology, Ipswich General Hospital, Queensland, Australia
  • Brian Parker Microbiology, Queensland Health Pathology Services, Ipswich General Hospital, Queensland, Australia
  • Craig Dancer Infectious Diseases, Ipswich General Hospital, Queensland, Australia
  • Wendy Munckhof School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia; Microbiology, Queensland Health Pathology Services, Ipswich General Hospital, Queensland, Australia; Infectious Diseases, Ipswich General Hospital, Queensland, Australia
  • H.S. Teng Department of Urology, Ipswich General Hospital, Queensland, Australia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5489/cuaj.655

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Author Biographies

Peter Peters, Department of Urology, Ipswich General Hospital, Queensland, Australia; School of Medicine, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia

Jessica Merlo, Department of Urology, Ipswich General Hospital, Queensland, Australia

Nicholas Beech, School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia

Chantelle Giles, School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia

Bonita Boon, Department of Urology, Ipswich General Hospital, Queensland, Australia

Brian Parker, Microbiology, Queensland Health Pathology Services, Ipswich General Hospital, Queensland, Australia

Craig Dancer, Infectious Diseases, Ipswich General Hospital, Queensland, Australia

Wendy Munckhof, School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia; Microbiology, Queensland Health Pathology Services, Ipswich General Hospital, Queensland, Australia; Infectious Diseases, Ipswich General Hospital, Queensland, Australia

H.S. Teng, Department of Urology, Ipswich General Hospital, Queensland, Australia

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Peters, P., Merlo, J., Beech, N., Giles, C., Boon, B., Parker, B., Dancer, C., Munckhof, W., & Teng, H. (2013). The purple urine bag syndrome: a visually striking side effect of a highly alkaline urinary tract infection. Canadian Urological Association Journal, 5(4), 233–4. https://doi.org/10.5489/cuaj.655

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 4 (2011): August

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CUAJ Spotlight

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