[Study of urease test or breath test (BT) and correlation with gastric biopsy to detect helicobacter pylori (Hp) in dyspeptic patients at "Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia hospital" (HNCH)--Lima].

Objective: To establish the utility of the IPEN ureasa test or breath test with C14, in the detection of Helicobacter pylori infection in dyspeptic patients at the HNCH.

Material And Methods: 31 dyspeptic patients that attended the outpatient GI clinic during September 2004 were included. All of them had an upper endoscopy, gastric biopsies, and a Breath Test with C14, done at the IPEN (Peruvian Institute of Nuclear Energy).