Can Tuberculosis Medication Affect Hiv Antibody Test Accuracy

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MEDICATIONS AFFECTING ANTIBODY TESTING?

I AM CURRENTLY TAKING PREICID, AMOXYCILLIN, ANS BIAXIN TI IRRADICATE H. PYLORI. I AM ALSO TAKING BUSPAR TO REDUCE ANXIETY. IS THERE ANY POSSIBILITY THAT THESE MEDICATIONS WOULD AFFECT THE ACCURACY OF AN HIV ANTIBODY TEST?...

Response from Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C.

Stanford University, School of Medicine

Extremely unlikely.MH... Read more »

pimecrolimus and HIV antibody test accuracy?

My situation here is that i had an exposure about one year back and i recently got tested for HIV antibody test and the result was negative. Unfortunately i was using pimecrolimus may be once in every ten days in the same past one year. Do you think...

Response from Ewald Horwath, M.D.

University of Miami School of Medicine

No, a topical cream like pimecrolimus only has a local effect. No significant amount is absorbed and it does not affect the HIV antibody test.... Read more »

Accuracy of HIV Antibody Tests from 2008?

Dear Dr. Bob: There may be others who have tested in the past and have concerns about the accuracy of tests taken a few years ago or even tests taken a decade ago or longer. Dr. Hook today advised a woman who had been tested several years ago to...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello.In general there is no reason to question the accuracy of previous HIV-antibody tests, even if they were an earlier-generation assay. Certainly there are certain situations and sets of extenuating circumstances that might lead to a specific... Read more »

VL margin of error & accuracy of antibody test

Hi, I was diagnosed with HIV and HBV 8 months ago (I was tested as part of a general wellness physical, not because of any symptoms). My exposure to HIV was at least 4 years ago. In that time I have had 4 sets of VL and CD4 tests. They were (from...

Response from Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C.

Stanford University, School of Medicine

Undetectable is currently "< 50 copies/ml". Your viral load levels are all statistically and biologically the same. Current assays have about a 1.5 to 2 fold (2 times) assay variation rate. That is testing the same sample multiple times... Read more »

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chart with approximate accuracy of HIV antibody ??

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I have reading and found this
A person who has contracted HIV may show up positive as early as two weeks after the time they were infected. According to page 11 of the Module 6 Training Manual from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,... Read more »

Medication affecting HIV test

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Where can I find out information about medication affecting results of HIV test? I was on antifungal when I took my test & worried about false negative.

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Will Valtrex affect antibody production to HIV?

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

I started Valtrex 3 days after a sexual exposure to HSV and have continued to use it everyday for suppression. could Valtrex cause my body not to create antibodies to HIV?

I have tested negative to HIV after 13 weeks, but continue to have symptoms... Read more »

Elisa antibody testing

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Doctors claim that the Elisa antibody test is 99.9% accurate unless you are in a high risk group and your symptoms are clinicly suggestive of hiv infection.

In other words, the test is not accurate at all. Risk groups and symptoms should have nothing... Read more »

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