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Can herpes culture test be false positive? if so, now often?

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Dr. Joel Gallant answered

Specializes in Infectious Disease

Unlikely: A false positive result would be extremely unusual. It would require either laboratory contamination or a clerical or technician error in which the result was reported for the wrong patient. I trust herpes culture results.

Dr Modi agreed

Answered 9/30/2019

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