Urine infections are common in children.
In babies they may present with general symptoms like fever or poor feeding which make them difficult to diagnose. A urine infection is an infection occurring anywhere in the urinary tract, which includes the urethra, bladder, ureters and kidneys. Most of them will occur before the child's first birthday. In the first six months of life they are more common in boys, but after that they are it is more common in girls. A further infection is rare in boys but in girls infections can recur for a number of years.