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Purple Urine Bag Syndrome
Chronic, indwelling catheter + bacteriuria (Providencia, Klebsiella, E.coli*) + alkaline urine
Tryptophan → Indoxyl
indwelling catheter + bacteriuria ... Sulfatase enzyme (bacteria ... Syndrome #PUBS #pathophysiology
Rigors And Bacteremia - Overview

• Rigors are a response to the release of cytokines and prostaglandins
Rigors And Bacteremia ... pathogen (e.g., bacteria ... in identifying bacteremia ... PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: ... #Pathophysiology
Non-Infective Endocarditis - Pathophysiology
Non-infective Endocarditis Pathophysiology:
 • Valves usually undamaged - Etiology poorly understood but thought
Endocarditis - Pathophysiology ... Non-infective Endocarditis Pathophysiology ... endothelium is common → Bacteria ... over clusters of bacteria ... NBTE #Marantic #pathophysiology
Upper Urinary Tract infection (UUTI): Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Predisposing Factors:
 - Immunocompromised, Diabetes,
 - Elderly, Female
Infection (LUTI) -> Bacteria ... of asymptomatic bacteriuria ... UrinaryTractInfection #UUTI #Pathophysiology
Lower Urinary Tract Infections: Complications
 - Infection damages the urinary tract epithelium causing fibroblast proliferation and
epithelial barrier -> Bacteria ... - In males, bacteria ... Urease-producing bacteria ... UrinaryTractInfection #LUTI #Pathophysiology
Gonorrhea: Pathophysiology

 - Neonatal Transmission -> Direct contact of patient mucosa with mother's infected mucosa while
Gonorrhea: Pathophysiology ... Immediate transfer of bacteria ... cell surface -> Bacteria ... proteins and LPS on bacteria ... #Gonorrhea #Pathophysiology
C5-C9 Deficiency - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Note:
 • Risk of invasive meningococcal disease is 1000-10000x higher
susceptibility to bacteremia ... => • Bacteria ... stiffness • Bacteria ... C5C9Deficiency #Complement #pathophysiology
Metabolic Pathways of Purple Urine Bag Syndrome: Adopted from chart originally published in Purple Urine Bag
Bacteria commonly ... #Pathophysiology
Anaplasma Infection - Anaplasma phagocytophilum
Pathophysiology: 
 • Obligate, intracellular bacteria
 • Transmitted via blacklegged tick —
phagocytophilum Pathophysiology ... intracellular bacteria
Fever - Pyrogen Pathophysiology

EXOGENOUS PYROGEN
 • Bacteria: Lipopolysaccharide components, peptidoglycans and muramyl peptide derivatives, Toxins
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Fever - Pyrogen Pathophysiology ... EXOGENOUS PYROGEN • Bacteria ... Fever #Fever #Pathophysiology