[The breath test is a necessary step in a physician's practice]. / Dykhatel'nyi test--neobkhodimyi shag v praktike vrachei.

The authors advocate introduction of the respiratory test into clinical practice, show its advantages over other methods of Hp diagnosis and the ability to diagnose non-invasively other gastrointestinal diseases especially in advanced infection primarily in viral hepatitides, HIV infections. The method is safe and comfortable.