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Learn about treatments for kidney infections, such as taking antibiotics and surgery. Learn how to prevent kidney infections by changing daily habits.

Learn about the symptoms of kidney infection and how they differ with age. Learn about causes of kidney infection, such as untreated urinary tract infections.

Learn whether diet can help with a kidney infection. Unless you have other health conditions, drinking six to eight glasses of water a day is a good start.

Learn how doctors find the cause of kidney infection with information from your medical and family history, a physical exam, and diagnostic tests.

Overview of kidney infection, or pyelonephritis, a urinary tract infection that results from bacteria or a virus that moves to one or both of your kidneys.

Learn about bladder infections and painful urination, including symptoms, causes, diagnosis, and treatments.

Vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) is a condition in which urine flows backward from the bladder to one or both ureters and sometimes to the kidneys.

Read about bladder infections, as well as pain and urgency with urination, in children. Learn about the symptoms, causes, diagnosis, and treatments.

Discusses the conditions that may lead to blood in the urine. Lists diagnostic tests that may be required to find the cause of hematuria.

Campylobacteriosis is an infectious disease caused by bacteria of the genus Campylobacter. Most people who become ill with campylobacteriosis get diarrhea, cramping, abdominal pain, and fever within two to five days after exposure to the organism. The diarrhea may be bloody and can be accompanied by nausea and vomiting. The illness typically lasts one week. Some infected persons do not have any symptoms. In persons with compromised immune systems, Campylobacter occasionally spreads to the bloodstream and causes a serious life-threatening infection.