Can you test positive for chlamydia and not have it?

The NAAT tests are very accurate, even if — like any test — false results can occasionally occur. If the test says that you do not have chlamydia, this result is accurate for around 99 in every 100 people.

Can a chlamydia test came back wrong?

For example, a person’s urine test for chlamydia may be positive but their genital culture may come back negative. In the end, no diagnostic test is perfect. While most STD tests are highly accurate if used correctly, false results can and do happen.

Can cervical cancer show up as chlamydia?

Chlamydia infection can cause pelvic inflammation, leading to infertility. Some studies have seen a higher risk of cervical cancer in women whose blood tests and cervical mucus showed evidence of past or current chlamydia infection.

How common is false-positive chlamydia?

Summary. New diagnostic accuracy studies without major methodological limitations indicated that false-positive rates for gonorrhea and chlamydia were 3 percent or less, and false-negative rates ranged from 0 to 9 percent for gonorrhea and 0 to 14 percent for chlamydia across all NAATs and specimen types.

Can dormant chlamydia be passed on?

Can Chlamydia Lay Dormant And Be Passed On? Because chlamydia can be dormant for years without being symptomatic, infected persons may easily transmit the disease to sexual partners without knowing.

Is it possible to be immune to chlamydia?

Fact: You won’t be immune to chlamydia and could catch it again. Chlamydia doesn’t work like chick pox. You won’t be immune once you’ve had it and you’ll be able to catch it more than once if you don’t protect yourself.

How common is false positive chlamydia?

Can chlamydia be confused with something else?

Not everyone who’s got chlamydia has symptoms, and if they do they could be mistaken for something else. 50\% of men and 75\% of women with chlamydia don’t have any symptoms. Some of the symptoms, such as a burning sensation when you pee, could be mistaken for something else.

Can chlamydia cause abnormal Pap?

No. A chlamydia infection from years ago would not cause an abnormal Pap test now. Most often an abnormal Pap test is caused from HPV (human papillomavirus infection) which is a sexually transmitted infection.

Is chlamydia the same as HPV?

Chlamydia trachomatis (CT), an obligate intracellular parasitic bacterium, is the leading bacterial cause of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) (Witkin et al., 2017) while human papillomavirus (HPV) has been documented to cause cervical cancer (Harden and Munger, 2017).

Can a bacterial infection be mistaken for chlamydia?

Other times, BV symptoms can be mistaken for other problems such as UTI, yeast infection or other causes of pelvic infections such as Trichomonas, Chlamydia or Gonorrhea.

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