Urine or other body fluid may take on an abnormal odor in the presence of a variety of diseases, often reflecting an abnormality in metabolism.
Odor Descriptor |
Condition(s) |
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asparagus |
|
thymol |
ammonia |
urinary tract infection, bacterial growth in a stored urine |
brewery |
methionine malabsorption ("oast house syndrome") |
burnt sugar |
maple syrup urine disease |
cabbage |
tyrosinemia |
cat urine |
beta-methylcrotonylglycinuria |
fish |
tyrosinemia |
foul smell |
urinary tract infection, bacterial contamination |
fruity |
ketonuria |
hops |
methionine malabsorption ("oast house syndrome") |
maple syrup |
maple syrup urine disease |
mousy |
phenylketonuria |
musty |
phenylketonuria |
rancid |
tyrosinemia |
rancid butter |
hypermethioninemia |
rotten cabbage |
hypermethioninemia |
rotting fish |
trimethylaminuria |
sulfurous |
cystinuria, homocystinuria |
sweaty feet |
methylmalonic acidemia, propionic acidemia, isovaleric acidemia, butyric/hexanoic acidemia, glutaric acidemia type II |
sweet |
ketonuria |
where:
• "Oast house" is where hops are prepared prior to making beer (Campbell and McIntosh page 1122).
Specialty: Nephrology, Clinical Laboratory
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