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Could medicine cause false negative STD
A year ago my partner told me I'd gave him chlamydia, and so I took 1000mg azithromycin to get rid of the infection. I decided to get checked for all STDs since I'd been with quite a few partners just to be sure. About 12 days later I got tested for chlamydia, gonnorhea, HIV, syphilis, and herpes and all came back negative. Could the medicine have caused any false negatives? I know it stays in your body for a while but was not sure how long or if it could have interacted with any of the tests.
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Maybe due to azithromycin chances of false negative.Get done VDRL and CBP for infection.For HIV rapid test is more than enough usually all infections have some window period minimum 6weeks to 6 months.
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