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Nephrology pearls

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  1. dr.k

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    Causes of sterile pyuria:

    -Partially treated urinary tract infection (UTI)

    -Urethritis e.g. Chlamydia, TB and ureaplasma urealyticum

    -Renal tuberculosis

    -Renal stones

    -Appendicitis

    -Bladder or renal cell cancer

    -Adult polycystic kidney disease

    -Analgesic nephropathy



    In patient with 'Musty' odor to urine and sweat think of Phenylketonuria



    Causes of blue greenish urine:

    -Pseudomonas infection

    -Blue diaper syndrome and Hartnup disease are autosomal recessive disorders in which tryptophan builds up in the GI tract, causing bacteria to metabolize it to indole, leading to a buildup of indican in the urine.

    -Familial benign hypercalcemia, a rare inherited disorder, is sometimes called blue diaper syndrome because children with the disorder have blue urine.

    -And some drugs

    Drugs that may cause green urine are:
    Cimetidine
    Promethazine
    Amitriptyline
    Flutamide
    Indomethacin
    Methocarbamol
    Methylene blue
    Mitoxantrone
    Propofol
    Phenylbutazone
    Triamterene



    Drugs that may cause orang color urine:

    Idarubicin

    Ferrioxamine

    Oxamniquine

    Phenazopyridine

    Rifampicin

    Warfarin



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