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4 year old has enterococcus in urine

My 4 year old started itching her private area in January and was frequently squatting and saying she needed to urinate but it wasn’t coming out. Her dr examined her and didnt think it was yeast infection. We did urine test and it showed enterococcus bacteria. We’ve since been on 1 round of nitrofurantoin and 2 rounds of cipro (first a 7 day and then a 10 day). She’s had no other symptoms but itching. We go back for urine test in am and I’m sure she still has the bacteria as she is itching. All the tests showed either a small amount or moderate amount of blood but all tests were negative for nitrates and leukocytes. The enterococus keeps increasing with each round of antibiotic. I’m so worried that shes going to need greater interventions and find it odd that she’s never had a fever or complained of pain. Is it possible the bacteria is just in the uretha and is causing itching. We have appointment with urologist in April (soonest we could get in). I’m so worried there is a greater problem going on. We also had kidney ulttrsound and it came back normal. Any advice or ideas of what might be causing this? We started doing only showers in January and she wipes correctly. This is also the first we’ve dealt with this kind of issue. Thank you.
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Also the itching is just after she urinates. She’ll itch/apply pressure and then doesn’t seem to itch or complain about the itching again.
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