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What is the best non invasive technique to differentiate between bladder and kidney infection?

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hi bobby,

clincally ,fever,costovertebral angle tenderness should point to kidney infection...and suprapubic tenderness and urgency to cystitis..

if u ask inv...then simple test will be urine analysis, APN will have WBC casts....while cystitis will have only WBCS (not casts)

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thanx usmleasr

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