Title
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
Other title
Estudio de la prueba de la ureasa o test de aliento (TA) y correlación con biopsia gástrica para la detecci ón de helicobacter pylori (Hp) en pacientes dispépticos del Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia Lima
Date Issued
01 January 2007
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Aguilar R C.
Saavedra S P.
Mendoza P G.
Cok G J.
Martinez M F.
Aliaga R E.
Ortiz L J.
Cano P R.
Abstract
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.
Start page
172
End page
176
Volume
27
Issue
2
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Gastroenterología, Hepatología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-38449083942
PubMed ID
Source
Revista de gastroenterología del Perú : órgano oficial de la Sociedad de Gastroenterología del Perú
ISSN of the container
10225129
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