Hi, and thanks for your comments,
My Doc is out until next week and I am traveling, but I can call her next week. The urine test was done on the spot (I urinated in a cup, the doc came in a few minutes later with results), so my assumption is this is the nitrate/leukocyte stick test. Today I did this OTC test: negative for nitrates, mid-range positive for leukocytes.
I did refill the prescription and continue to take them, for lack of a better plan. The symptoms are less than before, but still have the discomfort in the groin area.
There are a few other factors here on the timeline:
* Thought I felt what I called a slight "heaviness feeling" in the groin area a week before ...
* The sexual encounter
* An MRI
* Biopsy
* Somewhere around 40+ days post-encounter the symptoms were bothersome
* 62 days post-encounter, urine stick test "something is going on", started Bactrim
* 73 days post-encounter, OTC urine stick test. Neg Nitrate, Pos Leukocytes
I am assuming this is garden variety UTI, or NGU and not STI. If this were you, would you be confident enough to not get STI tested?
If I were to get STI tested, would the Bactrim produce false-negatives?
Greetings.
Yes, it is possible. It doesn't mean you've got STIs and more probably you haven't.
Since gonorrhea is usually associated with purulent discharge, I wouldn't think gonorrhea but you may consider NGU. It causes milder symptoms with no or very little discharge.
It may also be mycoplasmosis (MG-infection). As with NGU, those are self-limited and go away without treatment.
Or, more likely, it may be a symptom of stress or dehydration.
But if your symptoms bother you or you are afraid you may infect your regular partner, you should test (a urine test or a swab from urethra).