Tracey has been experiencing a fever and a feeling that she needs to urinate every few minutes,even though she has a very low urine volume.She goes to her doctor who tells her that she has a bacterial infection of her bladder.An ultrasound of her ureters indicates that there is no infection in the ureters.Where did the infection begin?

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The symptoms experienced by Tracey (fever, frequent urination with low urine volume) and the diagnosis of a bacterial infection of her bladder suggest an infection in the lower urinary tract, specifically the urethra and bladder. The ultrasound indicating no infection in the ureters suggests that the infection has not spread to the upper urinary tract (renal pelvis, nephrons, renal arteries). Therefore, the infection likely began in Tracey's urethra, which is in close proximity to the bladder and can easily become contaminated with bacteria.

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