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. 2014 Sep 12;111(37):617–626. doi: 10.3238/arztebl.2014.0617

Table 4. Causes of dark urine (e5).

Endogenous
erythrocytes
hemoglobin
myoglobin
metabolic products homogentisic acid (alcaptonuria), porphyrins
amorphous urates (brick-dust sediment)
Exogenous
foods red beets (betanidine), rhubarb (anthrone derivatives), blackberries, food coloring (e.g., aniline)
drugs chloroquine, deferoxamine, ibuprofen, metronidazole, nitrofurantoin, rifampicin, phenolphthalein, phenothiazines, phenytoin, imipenem/cilastatin
bacteria Serratia marcescens