Can a Chlamydia Test Be Wrong?
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False-positive rates in studies that compared self-collected and clinician-collected samples ranged from 0% to 1.2%. For chlamydia testing in males, false-positive rates were 0.4% for meatal testing19 and 0.3% to 0.7% for urine testing,19,29 while false-negative rates ranged from 0% to 8%.
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