title: Purple urine bag syndrome: case report for Streptoccocus agalactiae and literature review.
abstract: We report a case of purple urine bag syndrome, associated to Streptococcus agalactiae urinary tract infection, progressing to septic shock and death. We present a review of the literature on the subject and take the opportunity to attend readers about increasing incidence with population aging and its potential bad outcome.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Klaus Nunes
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Ficher
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Amanda Azevedo Neves de
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Araújo
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Sandra Gomes de Barros
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Houly
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Paulo Ricardo Gessolo
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Lins
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Moacyr
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Aecio Flavio Teixeira de
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Góis
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003116:Color; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000652:urine*; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae; D013577:Syndrome; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000652:urine*