Find the published reports behind Atlas Library’s medical stories. These reports describe individual patients; they are sources for educational storytelling, not personal medical advice.
Auto-brewery syndrome
The source for the story about a woman diagnosed after repeated episodes of intoxication despite reporting no alcohol consumption.
Zewude RT, Croitoru K, Das R, Goldman B, Bogoch II. Auto-brewery syndrome in a 50-year-old woman. CMAJ, 2024;196:E724–E727.
Purple urine bag syndrome
The source for the story about purple discoloration of a patient’s catheter bag, including the report’s discussion of pigment formation.
Traynor BP, Pomeroy E, Niall D. Purple urine bag syndrome: a case report and review of the literature. Oxford Medical Case Reports, 2017;2017(11):omx059.
About the stories
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