Are False Monospot Positives Real?

Hello Everyone,

I'm going through the waiting game, after a particularly stupid sexual encounter, and have fallen ill about six weeks after that encounter with sore, exudative throat, slight fever which lasted a day or two ago, lethargy, and white tongue.

I tested positive for mono, and would be fine with that, if it wasn't for the fact that I'm pretty sure I had mono five months ago as well. Although exactly what I had five months ago was never confirmed.

Anyways, I've been reading about how an HIV infection can cause the mono in your system to re-activate, and give a false-positive mono test, and was wondering if that's really true with the monospot tests, and how likely that is?

[Teak]

It MAY cause mono like symptoms. Not mono itself. If you have had an exposure you need to test not only for HIV but other STDs.