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Re: chlamydia questionFrom: William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG (anonymous@obgyn.net)Sat, 29 Apr 2000 19:51:03 -0500 (CDT)
At Sat, 29 Apr 2000, Kari wrote: > >At Sat, 29 Apr 2000, William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG wrote: >> >>At Sat, 29 Apr 2000, Kari wrote: >>> >>>When I got pregnant with my 2nd child I had all the normal test done, >>>one that came back positive was for chlamydia. I was shocked. My dr's >>>nurse was also shocked by the test and even inquired at the lab as to >>>their false positive rate. The nurse felt it was a mixup but my dr. did >>>not want to retest right away, he wanted to get me on antibiotics and >>>then retest later after I had finished antibiotics. >>>I knew I hadn't been with anyone beside my husband for 8 yrs and I had >>>no reason to feel my husband had been unfaithful. But, I began to >>>question his faithfulness since the only way to get it is thru sexual >>>contact. I felt rather stupid when he tested negative. Now my question >>>is, if it was possible to have contracted chlamydia before I met my >>>husband wouldn't it have shown up on a previous test, even if it was >>>dormant? If it doesn't show up on tests while dormant shouldn't my >>>husband been given antibiotics too, just in case? If I did have it all >>>these years, wouldn't it have wreaked havoc on my reproductive organs by >>>now? >> >>Kari >>Great questions. The most possible explanation is that this was a false >>positive test, esp if it was not a formal culture, but a dna probe. >>To answer the second part of the question, it is possible to have >>obtained it in the distant past and not have had terrible damage to your >>pelvic organs. >>I do not have a definitive answer to your problem, but perhaps ask your >>MD to perform a formal chlamydia culture on you. Good Luck >> >>I am not sure what kind of test it was, but I do know that I thought it was the "culture" because he had to go inside to get it, my husband only needed to pee in a cup. >>-- >>William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG >>Editorial Advisor-Pregnancy and Birth >>Private Practice >>New Orleans, La. >> >>*Please understand I can not respond to private emails. >> >>*These comments are for educational purposes only. They are >>not meant to take the place of an examination by a qualified >>health care provider. They are not intended to be the start >>of a physician-patient relationship. >> Kari Either of the female chlamydia tests are obtained the same way, during a speculum exam. I am not a urologist, but I thought the male test for chlamydia involved placing a very very small q tip into the male urethra to sample it. This is because chlamydia is an intracellular organism. You have to actually get cells or cellular material in order to perform the test, either a dna probe or a formal culture.
-- William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG Editorial Advisor-Pregnancy and Birth Private Practice New Orleans, La.
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