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Elevated blood counts and chlamydia

I found out yesterday that a man that I had sex with on May 31st has tested positive for chlamydia.  I immediately got blood work done and was able to access the results online.  Though I'm waiting for the chlamydia results, my WBC and neutrophil levels were elevated beyond normal, likely indicating infection so I suspect that I do have chlamydia.  I had blood work done on June 6th for an unrelated issue and my WBC and neutrophil levels were within the normal range.  My question is, given that 7 days post intercourse with this man, my blood work was normal, is it likely that he gave it to me and not vice versa?  I guess the related question would be, how long after chlamydia infection would your WBC and neutrophil levels elevate to fight the infection?  I just want to know whether I've been infected for months/years or if I can have some peace of mind that this is from my last partner.
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Blood test is not going to give you an accurate result for a active chlamydia infection.
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It can mean many different things, and likely no relation to chlamydia.
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Urinalysis.  As I said, I'm awaiting the results but in the meantime my blood work indicated an infection so I'm anticipating a positive result and trying to figure out the relation of elevated WBC and neutrophil levels to exposure, given that these levels were within the normal range 7 days post intercourse.
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Blood work means nothing when it comes to chlamydia.

How did you test for chlamydia?
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Yes, as I said, I'm waiting for the results of the chlamydia test.  My question was at the end of my post, unrelated to the chlamydia test.
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