False Negatives for Chlamydia Tests?

I had a baby and was tested during pregnancy.This test was negative clear . At my last checkup after the baby I tested positive during my paps for bc.So who In there right mind would cheat during pregnancy better yet a month or two after the baby.Sex was never on my mind during or after.So when his test came back it was negative.So within a timespan of six months I contracted chlamydia.I never cheated so what happened.
My only answer is this test was false or something happened where I contracted it from the hospitol. Think about it your obgyn had hands in someone elses vagina to deliver.Toilets they say its not contracted from a toilet but where in the heck did I get it from.

What I learned about stds after freaking out is why are they so bad if its cured by a pill honestly its just like a virus we all contract like pnemonia. Through this I believe you cannot find a answer to what happened.

The problem I feel is it is too hard to tell how many cases are false positive results with Chlamydia. The antibiotics are automatically prescribed and when the fallow-up test come back negative it is assumed it has been cured. But there is rarely a new re-test before the treatment is started.

I am married and have been with my husband 5 years. We believe each other that we have been truly faithful. Neither of us have any symptoms but I just tested positive, my husband was prescribed the antibiotics before his test came back. The Dr.s office keeps insisting that the tests are accurate and that one of us is cheating. But I keep seeing tons of posts where one partner tests positive and one negative and I am finding SO many situations where (assuming people are honest) it is impossible for them to have ever contracted Chlamydia. I seriously think the false positive/negative result rates are higher than people think just because they are so quick to treat than re-test, and it is ruining relationships.

I am pregnant with my first child and have been with my husband for 11 years, married for 2. Today I get a call from my doctor telling me he wants to talk to me, but not over the phone. So I'm freaking out and balling my eyes out on the way there thinking of the possibilities. My husband goes with me to the appointment and they say I have Chlamydia. It is either from him messing around, me messing around or is a false negative. The change of being a false negative he said is 10%-25%. I know I have never been unfaithful to him and he swears he hasn't either. He even said he would get a lie detector test if I wanted and I trust him...you can tell if someone is lying. So I think there is a possibility being pregnant causes false negatives...this is ridiculous that a lot of you are in the same exact situation we are in! I'm going to go to another doctor tomorrow along with him and get re-tested, both of us this time, just to make sure... :$

Been with my partner 11 years. Both only ever been with each other. Swabs taken - I am positive for chlamydia. How that is possible we do not know. Went to hospital for further tests. Before the test, I saw a specialist doctor who said that sometimes the testing done at doctors surgery is not as accurate as the hospital tests. She tried to give me medication to clear it up there and then and kept asking me repeatedly if I would take it and give some to my husband to take. Each time, I said 'No' as I did not think that we had it. But they were very eager to give me the drugs anyway. After test I got taken into a room with another doctor who then treated me like I was thick. He told me that the tests are accurate and that the second test will not come back negative. He then said 'I'll just get out my little book to see what it says......yes, it says here that there is less than 1% chance that the test will come back negative'. By this time I was at breaking point, completely fed up with everyone treating me like I was thick and telling me that my husband had cheated on me when I knew he hadnt. My husband felt completely helpless.
As expected, my second test came back negative. And then my husbands came back negative. I then got a phonecall asking if I would like another test. I replied 'well if you are telling me that your tests are accurate, my husband is negative, I have never been with anyone else and that there is less than a 1% chance of a false positive.....why would I need one?!!!!' I also wanted to say that how dare he treat me the way he did and then fail to admit that it could have been a mix up their end ......I know they are doing their job and mistakes happen but an apology would have been nice. I just hope that people in my situation will read this and get some relief that they are not alone. I relied on these comments to keep me sane and it is really difficult to trust your instincts when people are treating you like you are thick.

Basically, whilst there is always a chance that they mixed up the my first results, I cant help but think that the test picked up bacteria of some sort and diagnosed it incorrectly. For starters, I am very prone to yeast infections. Every time I have had a swab in the past, it has picked one up. Maybe bad bacteria lerks in some people!!!!!! Also, I had fertility tests etc in the past .....and a pregnancy.....alot of hands in the area and big chance of cross infections.

My advice is do not take the drug until you and your partner have had a couple of tests each. Think of it this way, if your partner really thought there was a chance you could have picked up chlamydia as they had been unfaithful.....then they would encourage you to have other tests for HIV etc etc etc. and vice versa. Take care.......and try to get some sleep.....dont let it take over your life.....

 ***this post is edited by moderator *** *** web addresses not allowed*** The best way to find an answer is ask a doctor if this bird type of chlamydia can be tested as a human type of clhamydia. If so, this could explain the strange results.

I have done only a little research after having a positive test for chlamydia.  I blamed it on my boyfriend because i knew it hadnt been me that strayed.  I also knew that 3 months prior to this test I had the same test done for precautionary reasons because i wasnt feeling well.  that test came back negative.  My boyfriends test this week came back negative.  WOW......  really.  this is really confusing.  now i look like the cheater and cant believe this.  I looked up the cdc website and found some interesting information.  there are allot of false negative and false positive tests that come back.   I wonder how many relationships fall to peices over these false results.... 

After reading everyone's posts i have a similar situation....i went to the doctors because i was having period issues and they wanted to make sure nothing was wrong...well they did the normal pap smear and the chlamydia test....a few weeks later i found out that i had chlamydia...i was shocked because me and my boyfriend have been together for 3 years and we have both be faithful to each other(we are with each other every single minute of the day and i mean literally we even work together) so there would have been no way we could have cheated on each other.....well i took the antibiotic and told my boyfriend to go get tested....well his test came back negative.....and we cant figure it out what so ever....

I totally understand because i went for an anual at planned parent hood. They called me monday morning just to tell me that your test is positive for chlamydia. i have been sad for the past week.. my husband and I are faithful to each other and keep close tabs on everything we do. so were does this stuff come in.. also i just had a baby in june. so i don't know it must be a mix up. and my husband went in to the er on monday to get tested and i'm for sure that is negative. this has been a scare for the both of us.

OMG i thought i was losing my mind about all this. Me n my mate have been dating for 2 years now n i was sick so i went to the doctor and got tested n my test was positive while his was negitive. i don't know what to do he doesn't believe me. I have never cheated please help i don't know what more to do to make him understand!!!!

These posts are a bit re-assuring, as I too am very confused.  I received a call today to come home from work only to find out that my wife has Chlamydia and that she demands that I tell her that I cheated on her as she knows that she hasn't stepped out on me.  I have never stepped out on her so I told her that if she would like to tell me the truth, now would be a good time.  After a bunch of finger pointing we decided that we would both go and get tested together in hopes that it is a false positive.  This is all so confusing and I would like to believe her as just a year and a half ago she tested negative when she was pregnant.  Either way, whether it be negative or positive results, the damage to the relationship is done, but would still like the reassurance that she did not step out on me as I can only be positive that I have been faithful.  So now I wait for results.

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I have the same problem however i have done the test twice but both time it came out positive...my partern and i are faithfull to each other but i do not understand how he's  having a nigative result and i have a positive

it is crazy how many people have posted on here about neg/pos chlamydia tests. my bf had irritation during urination so he went to the doctor and the doctor suggested an STD test so my bf got one and tested positive for Chlamydia. so, then i went to my doctor and had an STD test and it was negative. we have been having unprotected sex for several months so how is it possible that we dont BOTH have positive results??? i just found out today my results were negative so for an entire week or two i have been convinced that he cheated on me (since we both had tests when we first started dating and they were both neg)...i feel so stupid and like an as****e for not having faith in him. he swore up and down that he didnt cheat and i told him i didnt belive him but that i would wait for him to come forward since its such a difficult thing to confess...i think this is very F'd up. it doesn't make any sense to me so we will both get retested and from this moment on i am going to trust him much more.

My wife came home last week with a positive Chlamydia test. We have been together for a very long time over 15 years and I never doubted her when she said she did not stray. I just know her too well and know she would not do that.  All doctors did tell her that her husband must have been unfaithful.
That was the most horrific part, nobody in healthcare trusted her. They all said test is right and your husband slept with someone else.
So she did a second test which turned out negative!  I just wanted to share another story in this thread where people can read that test can be wrong!

Every test has a fault level, even a small number like half pro mille can have disastrous effect on someones life. Because such a small margin of error can turn out to be a lot of people as so many tests are done every year.  Being together for over 15 years since puberty helped me to never doubt my wife and our relationship has not been in jeopardy. However I am worried a false test can result in break ups with other couples.

My advice if you trust your partner, have a second test to be sure.

(Of course if that turns out positive you should get treatment.)

Chlamydia can stay in someones body for a long time without getting symptons. Maybe you got this from past relationship.