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How Much Corticosteroid Can Cause False Negative
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Corticosteroid and False Negative HIV test ?Hi, I already asked this question but I didnt get an anwser yet,no problem, I know you are very busy helping other peaople who are in need, and I thank you a lot for the wonderful job you do at the body.com, I hope you will help me... This is my...
Response from Lisa Hightow-Weidman, M.D., M.P.H.
University of North Carolina
Hello there-I think the answers to all your questions really sum up to the fact that you are not infected. A steroid injection would not affect the results of your HIV test. While i don't know the cause of your rash, it was not seroconversion...
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Follow up on the question : Corticosteroid and False Negative HIV test ?Hi. Dr. Lisa I would just like to thank you a lot for awnsering my question. I did have syphylis... Read more »antidepressants: effect on immune system and possible cause of false negative ELISA?I read an article suggesting that antidepressants and corticosteroids are immunosuppressive - may... Read more »
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Early Expiration May Be Cause of Unusually High False-Positive Rates on OraQuick Rapid HIV Tests, Study FindsThere's nothing like hearing the results of studies directly from those who actually conducted the research. In this interview, you'll meet one of these impressive HIV researchers and read her explanation of a study she presented at CROI 2009. After... Read more »
Intranasal and Topical Corticosteroids and Risk of Cushing's Symptoms in HIV Patients on Ritonavir-Based CombinationsAlthough iatrogenic Cushing's syndrome has previously been reported as a complication from the drug-drug interaction between ritonavir and corticosteroids (we included two cases in HTB last year), two posters at BHIVA this year highlighted low... Read more »
Questions and Answers: False-Positive Oral Fluid Rapid HIV TestsWhat is the significance of the reported increases in false positives when using the oral fluid HIV test in New York City sexually transmitted disease (STD) clinics? It is important to keep in mind that overall oral fluid tests have performed well.... Read more »
San Francisco Clinics Getting High False-Positive Rate on Oral HIV TestAccording to San Francisco Department of Public Health officials, analyses of more than 6,000 rapid-result oral HIV tests conducted in city public health clinics since spring found 47 positive results in patients who were negative in follow-up... Read more »
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False Negative
Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
Hi, I read somewhere that cortisone can cause false-negatives, well the day I took my HIV test, I had put some hydrocortisone cream on a rash I had earlier that day. Should I be concered that I recieved a false-negative?
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Help please.. Possible 2 False negative ELISA *DELETED*
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so ELISA tests NEVER give a false negative?
Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies
Is this statement correct?
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False Negative-help
Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies
I had Qual. DNA-PCR by Specialized Testing of St. Louis, MO at 5 weeks after an exposure which came back negative. I am still having symptoms and am awaiting an antibody test results. Did any of you have a false negative? Just wondering my chances....
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