I am on a roll here. I have to ask an important question. Has anyone got a skin rash or a sore which took forever to heal, after,--now think about this---you handled vaginal, anal, or any region which has chronic infection and touched an area with cut etc.
Here is an example. I had a scratch on my hand, and after [self-sex] the semen accidentaly made contact. The area became very itchy and took forever to heal. It was also very round as in a "ringworm" skin infection.
This is very important because many of us have had cultures with negative results.
I am willing to 'bet the farm' you need live tissue to have sucessful culture!!!
I am still waiting to go over lab results with doc[for those who may be following]
I am very opptumistic about the identification of this ailment. I think we are very close now.------------------------------------------------------------Shroom