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Is a negative urine test for gonorrhea and chlamydia reliable if the sample is from midstream? test was also a week post possible exposure. wondering if midstream sample is reliable with naa?

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Dr. Hunter Handsfield answered

Specializes in Infectious Disease

Official instructions call for first-void urine, not midstream. However, clinical experience in the real world over the past 30 years is that it makes no difference. Your negative result is reliable.

Answered 8/26/2023

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Yes it is

Answered 8/28/2023

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