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Recent uti. ongoing flank pain. dipstick shows leukocytes but no bacteria. mri & kub show healthy kidneys. do i need to rule out kidney infection?

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Urine culture: A urine culture is needed in my opinion. Another reason for leukocytes in urine besides infection is allergic interstitial nephritis - an allergic reaction to a medication. Did you take a med in the past 45 days?

Answered 3/13/2020

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