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Reply To: Do I need a test of cure or just the three month retest?

kite_and_string 4 weeks ago

Both are real things, they just answer different questions.

A test of cure asks whether the treatment worked. Under the CDC guidance that is routinely recommended in pregnancy, not for everyone, partly because the test can still pick up dead organism material soon after treatment and give you a positive that means nothing.

The three month retest asks something else entirely: have you been reinfected. That one is recommended for everybody, and it is the one your clinic booked.

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