My son had a kidney stone removed after having a stent put in for a week. Then he got sick with a stomach virus, I guess, or could it be an infection from kidney. Urgent care dr. said it could be from kidney, urologist says it can t be because there s no blood in his urine. He s on antibiotics. Does he have to have blood in his urine to have the infection be related to the kidney? Thank you, Carol
Good Day, and thank you for being with Chat Doctor ! To really determine if there is infection in the urine, you'll have to do a urine culture. This is the gold standard to confirm a urine infection. Blood in the urine may accompany pus cells. Although the presence of pus cells and bacteria would hint that an infection is present. I hope I have succeeded in providing the information you were looking for. Please feel free to write back to me for any further clarifications at