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). The diagnosis of HP infection was based on the histopathology report.
Results: Of the 31 Breath Test, one was a false negative and in 30 there was a good correlation with the biopsies results, 23 demonstrated the HP infection and in 7 this was not present.
Conclusion: The IPEN Breath Test showed in this study a sensibility of 96.6% and a specificity of 100%, demonstrating that is a very useful diagnostic tool for HP infection.
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