[First results with an electrochemical rapid method for the detection of significant bacteriurias]

The measuring oft he pO2-decrease in the urine within 30 min by means of the micro-measuring-chamber MWK-W in connection with the oxygen measuring intensifier M 65 allows a quick orientation about a significant bacteruria. The concordance with the results of the simultaneously performed bacteriological investigation is 90% in 1,036 midstream urine specimens. This electro-chemical method allows: 1. the sufficiently certain orientation about a significant bacteruria, 2. from principle the establishment of all aerobic kinds of germs which play a role in the clinical practice in inflammations of the urinary tract, to investigate, 3. a large number of urine specimens in a short time with a relatively small expenditure: a bacteriological laboratory is not the condition, 4. the performance of larger screening investigations.