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Can you have a kidney infection without having a urinary tract infection?
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Kidney infection: Kidneys are part of your urinary tract. Urinary tract infection is a generic term for an infection that may involve the kidneys, ureters, bladder, and urethra.
Answered 2/8/2019
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UTIs: The kidneys are part of the urinary tract. So, no. Perhaps you are confusing bladder infections for utis.
Answered 8/13/2013
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Certainly : An infected kidney, such as from a backed up stone, perinephric abscess, and infected cyst can cause a kindney infection without symptoms of uti. The actual urinalysis may also be completely normal.
Answered 12/31/2022
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