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== Background ==

=== Microbiology ===

* [[Providencia]], [[Escherichia coli]], [[Proteus mirabilis]], and [[Klebsiella pneumonie]]

=== Pathophysiology ===

* Certain bacteria metabolise tryptophan to indole, which is later converted to indicant in the liver and excreted in the urine, where it is broken down by sulphatise- or phosphatase-producing bacteria into indigo (blue) or indirubin (red) in an alkaline environment such as the urine

=== Risk Factors ===

* Risk factors including constipation in women and chronic catheterization

== Clinical Manifestations ==

* Purple discoloration of the urine
* Often associated with [[urinary tract infection]]

[[Category:Genitourinary infections]]

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