Here’s great photos of “neon green drainage.” It’s a bit hard to see how green it is so here’s a wound photo that shows the drainage can be so green it’s nearly black.
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What is the cause of neon green drainage?
I’m guessing pseudomonas.
Or did the patient eat too much asparagus?
Yes, “neon green” drainage is usually due to P. aeruginosa which secretes a variety of pigments, including pyorubin (red-brown), pyocyanin (blue-green), and pyoverdine which is yellow-green and fluorescent. The pyocyanin and pyoverdine are probably what causes the “neon green” color. How the bacteria produce these pigments is really quite fascinating although it’s not my area of expertise. Because P. aeruginosa announces its presence so loudly with these colors, it may be easy to overlook other bacterial contributors to colonization and/or infection. Now that I am doing DNA assays using the services of Pathogenius labs, I am finding many bacteria present in wounds that contribute to bioburden.
The World Union has a great publication on wound drainage that is available here:
http://www.woundsinternational.com/media/issues/82/files/content_42.pdf
When my mom took off her bra, there was a small place on the bra, the part that goes under the breasts. It was a neon teal color.
I’ve noticed a neon teal color on the side of my pad. It was from an irritation in the right crease between my inner thigh and genitals.
I’ve tried anti itch creams, anti yeast, anti fungal, Desitin, triple antibiotic ointment and hydrocortisone.
My mom thought the color meant that it might be a weird infection.
Our bodies do some pretty weird stuff.