STI TESTS
Results may be available within up to 48 hours, depending on the test performed. Sexually transmitted infection (STI) tests are processed by reference laboratories using appropriate analytical technology and procedures. Clinical information is handled in accordance with applicable data protection and confidentiality standards.
Carry out laboratory testing for the detection of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV, chlamydia, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, syphilis, gonorrhoea, herpes, and other clinically relevant infections.
Where there are concerns about possible exposure to a sexually transmitted infection (STI), a medical consultation may be arranged with a doctor, either in person or via teleconsultation, for confidential clinical assessment and guidance.
The Be Sure Consultation supports clinical evaluation of symptoms and risk factors, and provides medical advice to help determine which tests may be considered appropriate based on individual clinical circumstances.
Infection testing panel (where clinically indicated)
- HIV (HIV 1 & 2 antibodies)
- Herpes simplex virus 1 & 2 (DNA)
- Neisseria gonorrhoeae (DNA)
- Chlamydia trachomatis (DNA)
- Treponema pallidum (syphilis markers)
- Hepatitis A (IgG + IgM antibodies)
- Hepatitis B (anti-HBs antibodies)
- Hepatitis C (anti-HCV antibodies)
- Haemophilus ducreyi (DNA)
- Cytomegalovirus (DNA)
- Lymphogranuloma venereum (DNA)
- Varicella zoster virus (DNA)
- Trichomonas vaginalis (DNA)
- Mycoplasma genitalium (DNA)
- Mycoplasma hominis (DNA)
- Ureaplasma urealyticum (DNA)
- Ureaplasma parvum (DNA)
Be Sure Consultation
If there is concern about possible exposure to a sexually transmitted infection (STI), a consultation with a doctor may be arranged, either in person or via teleconsultation, for confidential clinical assessment and guidance.
The Be Sure Consultation supports clinical evaluation of symptoms and individual risk factors, and provides medical advice to help determine which tests may be appropriate based on each person’s clinical situation.
Doctors who perform this medical procedure
Laboratory Medicine
Pharmacist Specialist in Laboratory Medicine holding a MSc in Clinical Analysis and a MSc in Pharmaceutical Sciences. Specialized in sexual and reproductive health testing and STIs eradication. Advocate for high frequency testing and cutting infectious transmission chains.
Founder and CEO at Test-it-lab | PharmD
Infectious Diseases
Director of the Infectious Diseases Service of the Local Health Unit of Matosinhos, EPE – Hospital Pedro Hispano.
He graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto and is a Specialist in Infectious Diseases. He was a speaker at 23 conferences, collaborated in 135 works presented at national and international meetings and published 73 articles in national and international journals in his own name or as a researcher.
