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False Positive Nucleic Acid Testing

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Dr.    Sheetal Verma MD

but been extremely afraid to do it. Would the antigen and nucleic acid tests be vulnerable to false ... increase the risk of false positives. At the time, I was too afraid to get the STD... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Sheetal Verma ( Infectious Diseases Specialist)
Dr. Mirjeta Guni MD

can having graves disease cause a false positive when testing for RA ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Mirjeta Guni ( Endocrinologist)
Dr.  Sunil Jangid MD

of that test be affected (false negative, false positive, etc.) one way or another by the fact that I ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Sunil Jangid ( HIV AIDS Specialist)
Dr. Rovena Murati MD

by having diabetes or using 700mg Lidocaine patches, could either produce a false positive for cocaine in UA at dr's office or lab testing for metabolites? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Rovena Murati ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Saumya Mittal MD

had a false positive ANA upon further testing blood work came back perfect. Back up twenty five years ago I had a false positive syphliss test again further testing nothing was... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Saumya Mittal ( Diabetologist)

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Dr. Ashakiran S MD

retesting and nucleic acid amplification (HIV,DNA/RNA TESTING IS REQUIRED ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Ashakiran S ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Karen Steinberg MD

Good morning Dr. Grief, I donated my blood in December. Yesterday, I got mail and found down that I had Hepatitis B positive. However, they run another test the HBsAg and HBV Nucleic Acid Test were ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Karen Steinberg ( Internal Medicine Specialist)
Dr. Phalguna Kousika K MD

is it possible to get positive pregnancy test results using a home testing kit but when in actual sense yur not pregnant ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Phalguna Kousika K ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Saddiq Ulabidin MD

Virus. Ab -positive: 0.9 -the CDC recommends that a positive HCV antibody result -be followed up with a HCV Nucleic Acid Amplification Does this mean I have HCV?! Will my baby have it? Is my... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Saddiq Ulabidin ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Penchila Prasad Kandikattu MD

positive for THC.....But then others are say (on the internet) -- that when a LAB does the testing that is ... -- My Rx ran out -- and I bought Nexium24Hour OTC.....I am on Probation and am subject to UA... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Penchila Prasad Kandikattu ( Internal Medicine Specialist)