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A urine test is much more sensitive and a bit less specific than a culture for diagnosing chlamydia. In other words, it's much less likely to have false negative results, and a little more likely to have a false positive result.
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Could you have chlamydia if there is no bacteria in your urine?
Yes. A culture to detect bacteria in the urine does not check for chlamydia. The urine test for chlamydia is not a standard urinalysis or urine culture, but is a specific test to detect chlamydia's genetic material. Ask for the test specifically if you are concerned.
Is a urine test accurate to test for chlamydia?
A normal blood test will not detect the infection. To diagnose chlamydia, you need a urine test or swab of the vagina, urethra, rectum, throat, or eye. Blood tests can look for evidence of past infection with chlamydia, but these are of no use in determining current infection and aren't used to diagnose or treat disease.
How can you get tested for chlamydia after contact?
You can have a culture or urine test to know if you are infected.
Does a doctor have to ask for chlamydia to be test for in the urine or does it just show up?
To get tested for chlamydia, you must ask specifically for that test. Routine urinalysis or culture does not detect chlamydia.Chlamydia testing requires a specific test. Urine testing done for other purposes will not detect chlamydia.
How soon can chlamydia show up in urine?
Urine tests are effective for testing chlamydia, as long as the right test is ordered. A routine urinalysis or urine culture will not detect chlamydia. The specific chlamydia test needs to be ordered. There is a DNA amplification test that can be performed for chlamydia and gonorrhea on a urine sample. The urine, however, should not be a midstream sample - it should be the first urine that is urinated to get any of the bacteria that were growing in the urethra.
What physical characteristics can you find in urine if you have chlamydia?
You may get positive leukocytes on a urine dip, but a person can have chlamydia and have no changes in urine other than those detected by a specific chlamydia test.
Can chlamydia make you urine creamy?
Pus cells from chlamydia may change the appearance of urine. Get tested if you think you're at risk of STDs.
What does your vagina look like if you have chlamydia?
The vagina does not look any different in most women with chlamydia. There may be a slightly yellow discharge.
What is a urine culture test?
In a urine culture, the lab puts a sampe of urine in conditions likely to grow the typical germs that cause urinary tract infections. If they get some to grow, they identify the bacteria in the urine.
Can chlamydia cause nitrates in your urine?
No, it does not. If you need testing for chlamydia, if you may be at risk, please ask for the test by name.
What is no growth in urine culture?
urine culture report no growth
What can cause a false negative chlamydia test in males?
Urinating within hours of the urine or swab test, not using the first urine that comes out, or inadequate swabbing can all cause a false negative chlamydia test. In addition, testing too soon after exposure, or recent exposure to partially effective antibiotics could cause a negative test that would be positive within a couple of more weeks.
