Chlamydia

Urine test positive, swab negative. Which one is right?

Two samples, two different answers, same appointment. Nobody explained which one they are going by.

low_ceiling 2 months ago

NoteMember experience, not medical advice. Symptoms overlap between infections and only a test can tell them apart.

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third_shift 2 months ago

They are testing different sites, so they are not really in conflict. A positive at one site and a negative at another usually means the infection is at the first site and not the second.

They will treat on the positive. A negative elsewhere does not cancel it out.

pocket_watch 2 months ago

Sampling also varies in how well it captures what is there. A poorly taken swab can miss an infection that is present, which is another reason a single negative does not override a positive.

slow_thaw 2 months ago

Ask which sites were sampled and what each one said. Getting the results as a list rather than as one summary word clears up most of this confusion immediately.

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