Possible false positive culture?

[confused615]

At the beginning of July, three days after having sex with my ex boyfriend I noticed some painful, yellow bumps along my anus. I never worried about stds before because I have only had sex with him, who had only been with two virgins before me, and another guy who was a virgin. The other thing is we didn't and have never had anal sex so I didn't understand the placement of the infection. Anyway I went to get a swab test and a week later it came back positive. I was so sad because I had always been so careful and I didn't think it made any sense as to how I got it. He also went to get tested but the doctor told him not to bother because he has no symptoms. I also haven't had an outbreak since. Is it possible my outbreak was impetigo because I have gotten that as a teenager in the summertime?

[Fleetwood20]

Did you see the paperwork that confirmed the swab was typed for HSV2, or did the doctor just tell you that?

Does your boyfriend get oral cold sores?

[Life360_Dave]

Also if you had the breakout in your anal area would suggest its a recurrent outbreak, meaning youve had this for a while as is coming through the nerve ganglion which is anyway below your waist.

[Life360_Dave]

Impegito is also a rash/blister type infection but testing positive for hsv2 culture as mentioned is very accurate. If your concerned to verify the false positive issue then do the biokit for confirmation.

[confused615]

The test said I had hsv 2

[Life360_Dave]

Hi, cultures are very accurate for diagnosing herpes. You might want to find out if it was hsv1 or 2 and what test they performed like the pcr as each has its own flaws. Also if its hsv2 you might want to take the biokit just to confirm as is hsv2 specific.