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Subject: In urological patients the value of quantitative glucose measurement in urine as a screening test for urinary tract infections is examined.
Method: Glucose content, species and concentration of microorganisms in the urine of 334 urological patients were analysed and the bacteriological findings compared with the result of chemical measurement.
In vitro, the dependence of bacterial growth on different properties of urine was examined.
Results: A diagnostic decrease in glucose concentration was found in only about 48% of the infected urines. The result of the glucose test is influenced unfavourably by humerous factors which cannot be standardized.
Conclusions: In its present form, this method is not yet suitable for use as a reliable screening test for urological patients.
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Zimmerman, A., Ansorg, R. & Truss, F. Quantitative glucose measurement in urine as screening test for urinary tract infections. Urol. Res. 1, 131–136 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00257377
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