Cdc gastroenteritis guidelines

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All the current guidelines - FDA, testing manufacturers, CDC, etc. - state 3 month antibody tests are conclusive. As no one in this forum has a medical license, and therefore can't practice medicine, no one in this forum can say that anything but a 3 month antibody test is conclusive. Now, a negative 6 or 8 week test is a great indicator that someone is HIV negative, but only a doctor can advise to not test further, given the risk, health history, etc.

Insurance companies are hiding behind IDSA guidelines as supported by the CDC, this is a FACT period no discussion necessary. The IDSA guidelines have everything to do with current Lyme disease treatments. Wiki entries can be written by anyone, perhaps you need more research to be a real voice in this discussion!

This community forum uses the CDC 3months guidelines to define a test result being conclusive. Sure other countries will have different guidelines ( even on the expert forum here the docs will say 28 days+ for a conclusive result) however for the purposes of this forum, we will always advise a 3 months test with 6 weeks being a good indicator of your status.

i copy and pasted these right from cdc sight on the updated version since 1994, why does everone on this sight say 3 months and the cdc says 6 months if you had a knbow exposure, some cases of 6-12 month seroconversion has been reported??????????

Thanks guys. I appreciate your input.

In June 2014 the CDC updated their guidelines concerning the the lab tested 4th GEN test. This recommended taking this particular test sooner than the older guidelines (I.e 12 weeks). Reading older posts on this forum (pre-June 2014), represents the older guidelines. The Doctors on the expert forum always believed in the earlier time for testing with 4th GEN, but until the CDC updated their guidelines, they were facing a lone battle.

The CDC have not changed their guidelines on window periods. It may be considered overly conservative by most experts, but 3 months is still what they advise to be absolutely certain. http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/basics/testing.

Regardless if it's an antibody only test or 4th generation test the cdc recommends a final 12 week test. Medically speaking many hiv experts feel the window period is shorter and will concider shorter testing periods based on type of test and risk. I have no authority to contradict the cdc so I go by their recommendations. It would be nice if they agreed with other health organizations to save people from their anxiety sooner. Thanks for the info.

//www.bhiva.org/documents/Guidelines/Testing/GlinesHIVTest08.pdf Post-test discussion The need for a repeat HIV test if still within the window period after a specific exposure should be discussed. Although fourth generation tests shorten the time from exposure to seroconversion a repeat test at three months is still recommended to definitively exclude HIV infection.

And if so why do I still see on the web/CDC that you can have a positive result after 6 months, or am I just misunderstanding what they are saying and does the CDC mean up to 6 months, which would imply that even per their guidelines my results are conclusive (as this site indicates)? Thanks for your help.

Can someone from the experts here show me some link of cdc guidelines from the official website of cdc of fda saying that the window period is 3 months. i had given this link: http://www.cdc.gov/globalaids/Resources/pmtct-care/docs/TM/Module_6TM.pdf Page 11 #4 In an adult, a positive HIV antibody test result means that the person is infected, a person with a negative or inconclusive result may be in the “window for 4 to 6 weeks but occasionally up to 3 months after HIV exposure.

CDC guidelines on testing out six months are for special cases of people who's immune system is already gone or severely compromised. Like transplant patients taking anti-rejection drugs or advanced stage cancer patients on chemo. Over 99% of people will test positive at 3 months according to CDC which is outdated info. Current testing is more sensitive. Closing the gap to 6-8 weeks. I personally recommend 8 weeks for accurate results. Others will say 6-8 weeks. Yes.

Would this be enough time for it to be sufficient? Also I am a bit confused about the CDC guidelines. Do they say that a 4th gen lab test at 45+ days is sufficient ?

he show me some guidelines from cdc website and the fda approved brochure of the oraquick test stating that 97% of people developed antibody and 3% can take up to 6 months. But i beg to dis agree w/ this doctor and i convince to see another doctor at that the same day. The doctor test me w/ the same oraquick test and he said to me its conclusive.

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