Is there a different between a kidney infection test and a UTI test?

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Both are usually diagnosed with a urinalysis, and determination of UTI versus kidney infection is then based on patient's symptoms (back/flank pain, vomiting, fevers usually indicate kidney involvement).

The antibiotic course for a kidney infection is longer than a simple UTI, but taking antibiotics for a few days for the UTI can make the urinalysis look normal, although once the antibiotics are stopped, the kidney infection can flare back up, as it was never completely cleared.

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I'm having some pain in my kid area, under my rib cage. Hurts to lay on my side, move around too much. I can breath ok, but breathing deeply makes it hurt. It's not serious pain. It's moderate. I just got over a UTI with the doctor saying, "you have no more bacteria." I finished the meds and I thought I was fine.
 
Both are usually diagnosed with a urinalysis, and determination of UTI versus kidney infection is then based on patient's symptoms (back/flank pain, vomiting, fevers usually indicate kidney involvement).

The antibiotic course for a kidney infection is longer than a simple UTI, but taking antibiotics for a few days for the UTI can make the urinalysis look normal, although once the antibiotics are stopped, the kidney infection can flare back up, as it was never completely cleared.

Hope this helps-
 
Both are usually diagnosed with a urinalysis, and determination of UTI versus kidney infection is then based on patient's symptoms (back/flank pain, vomiting, fevers usually indicate kidney involvement).

The antibiotic course for a kidney infection is longer than a simple UTI, but taking antibiotics for a few days for the UTI can make the urinalysis look normal, although once the antibiotics are stopped, the kidney infection can flare back up, as it was never completely cleared.

Hope this helps-
 
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