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If infection is detected in urine is it because kidney is infected? can hydronephrosis cause kidney infection? or is it due to procedure? is it bad?
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UTI: Differentiating between lower and upper UTI is not simple, and this is not the place to provide a medical course. Hydronephrosis can predispose to UTI or can be a result of uti, but highly unlikely to be due to ureteroscopy. Whether it is bad or not will depend upon what is causing it. If it was detected during a an episode of acute pyelonephritis it may resolve with cure of the infection.
Answered 1/5/2019
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