Can I test positive for chlamydia and my partner test negative?

There are several reasons why your partner's Chlamydia test may come back negative: He or she may never have had the infection. Not everyone who comes in contact with Chlamydia will develop the infection. The test result may be a false negative.

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Is it possible for one partner to have chlamydia and not the other?

It can be confusing if one partner tests positive for chlamydia or another STI and the other does not. However, this can happen for many reasons, including false positives and false negatives. Even the most contagious STIs do not transmit from one partner to another every time they have sex.

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Can a man test negative for chlamydia and still have it?

This is because the bacteria needs enough time to multiply within your body in order for it to reach a detectable level when taking a chlamydia test. For chlamydia this is often 14 days. If you test before that 14 days is over, you may test negative, but you could still pass the bacteria on following your test.

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Can you have an STD and your partner test negative?

Your sexual partner would need to have an STI for them to be able to pass one to you. What could happen is they have a negative test but end up having an STI (we call this a false negative test). It's also possible they could have an STI that was not tested for.

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Will I definitely get chlamydia if my partner has it?

You can get chlamydia by having vaginal, anal, or oral sex with someone who has chlamydia. Also, you can still get chlamydia even if your sex partner does not ejaculate (cum). A pregnant person with chlamydia can give the infection to their baby during childbirth.

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Why A Positive STD Test May Be False - Sexually transmitted disease, Gonorrhea, Chlamydia

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Can chlamydia come without cheating?

How did I get chlamydia if I didn't cheat? You can get chlamydia if your partner had vaginal, oral or anal sex with someone who was infected and then had sex with you.

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How common are false positives for chlamydia?

Using a test with 97.2% sensitivity and 98.5% specificity,3 the positive and negative predictive values are 49.7% and 99.9%, respectively. That means the chance that a positive result is a false positive is greater than 50%.

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How did I test positive for chlamydia but my partner didn t?

As most people do not have symptoms, it is possible the person (who tested positive) could have had chlamydia/gonorrhea from a previous relationship, and has not passed it to their partner yet. It is never 100% that you will pass an STI when you have sex.

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How can I have an STD and my partner doesn t?

The short answer

Yes, it is possible to contract a STI from someone who tested negative (for the STIs that they were tested for)… if (and only if!) they were positive for an STI that they weren't tested for. Or if they were positive for an STI in a location that didn't get tested, such as in the mouth and throat.

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Can chlamydia be misdiagnosed?

In other words, a few people may be falsely diagnosed with chlamydia when they in fact have another infection or nothing at all. Occasional false results may be due to mistakes in taking the specimen and running the test, or because of contamination in the laboratory environment.

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Why does my chlamydia test say positive and negative?

For example, a person's urine test for chlamydia may be positive but their genital culture may come back negative. False-negative results are those in which you have a condition but the test says you don't. False-positive results are those in which you don't have a condition but the test says you do.

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How long can a man carry chlamydia without knowing?

Symptoms can occur within 2-14 days after infection. However, a person may have chlamydia for months, or even years, without knowing it.

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How often are chlamydia tests wrong?

For chlamydia testing in females, false-positive rates (1 – specificity) ranged from 0% to 2% across anatomical sites in 6 studies,23,29,30,34,35,37 including 0% to 0.7% for endocervical, 0% to 1.2% for vaginal, 0.2% to 1.7% for urethral, and 0% to 2% for urine testing.

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Can chlamydia lay dormant and test negative?

Yes, chlamydia can lie dormant in the body, causing a low-grade infection without symptoms.

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How long does it take for chlamydia to show up positive on a test?

Chlamydia. A doctor can test for chlamydia by swabbing the vagina, cervix, rectum, or throat, or by taking a urine sample. If symptoms appear, they usually present within 7–21 days of exposure. A test can normally detect chlamydia within 1–2 weeks of exposure.

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Can two clean partners get chlamydia?

If 2 people who don't have any STDs have sex, it's not possible for either of them to get one. A couple can't create an STD from nothing — they have to get spread from one person to another.

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How accurate is a urine test for chlamydia?

For chlamydia testing in men, the sensitivity and specificity were 88% and 99%. respectively, for urine samples compared to urethral samples. For gonorrhea testing in women, the sensitivity and specificity were 79% and 99%, respectively, for urine samples compared to cervical samples.

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Can UTI cause false positive chlamydia?

False-positive Chlamydiazyme results during urine sediment analysis due to bacterial urinary tract infections.

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How long can chlamydia be dormant in a female?

Chlamydia can lie dormant for months or years and it is often detected through screening and routine sexual health testing. If symptoms do develop, it usually takes 1-3 weeks after exposure to notice signs.

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How soon will chlamydia show negative?

Following single-dose treatment for chlamydia, both pregnant and nonpregnant women should test negative with NAAT by 30 days post-treatment.

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What can be mistaken for chlamydia?

Understanding Trichomoniasis

Chlamydia and trichomoniasis are similar infections and they are commonly confused, but it's important to know the difference, as the two infections are not treated with the same antibiotic. Trichomoniasis (trich) is caused by a parasite called Trichomonas Vaginalis.

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What is late stage chlamydia?

Late-stage chlamydia refers to an infection that has spread to other parts of the body. For example, it may have spread to the cervix (cervicitis), testicular tubes (epididymitis), eyes (conjunctivitis), or throat (pharyngitis), causing inflammation and pain.

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Is it harder for a man to get chlamydia?

Previous data suggest that females are more likely to contract Chlamydia trachomatis from infected males than males are likely to contract it from females.

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Can a guy have chlamydia for 6 months and not know?

Most people who have chlamydia don't notice any symptoms.

If you do get symptoms, these usually appear between 1 and 3 weeks after having unprotected sex with an infected person. For some people they don't develop until many months later. Sometimes the symptoms can disappear after a few days.

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Is urine or swab more accurate for chlamydia?

Some studies have suggested that urine is a better specimen than urethral swabs for chlamydial detection by PCR. Young and colleagues studied 244 men who attended a GUM clinic and found that urine PCR (96%) was more sensitive than urethral swab PCR (89%).

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