About 5% of school age girls will have a urine infection. Urine infections are less common among boys. Children who have had a urine infection are at increased risk for a recurrent infection. For this reason a child with a history of urine infection should have a urologic imaging evaluation. The ultrasound on the right shows a normal right kidney. The left kidney was normal as well. Learn more about ultrasound.
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About 33% of children with urine infection have vesicoureteric reflux. Some children will have upper urinary tract abnormalities as well. For this reason, both a renal ultrasound and a voiding cystourethrogram (VCUG) are necessary.
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©David A. Hatch, M.D., 1996