Yes, this is an actual medical condition. Purple Urine Bag Syndrome is exactly what it sounds like – patients with catheters are alarmed to find that the urine in their collection bags turns a ...

Cases of purple urine bag syndrome are relatively rare. However, in 2018 doctors in India reported the condition in a 70-year-old man. Published in BMJ Case Reports, the team explained that the ...

The authors used this case to explain the causes and clinical significance of the purple urine bag syndrome (PUBS). An older woman with dementia presented to the emergency department with fever ...

Another is aptly called purple urine-bag syndrome, and is another bacterial phenomenon. This refers to a condition where bacteria in a patient with a catheter (a urine drain) make stains that ...

In 2019, doctors reported the case of a woman with "purple urine bag syndrome," which is the result of an odd chemical reaction that can take place inside catheter bags, Live Science previously ...