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The elastin digestion assay was examined to determine if it would facilitate the identification of Coccidioides immitis when non-pathogenic fungi resembling C. immitis are encountered. Fungal isolants tested have anamorphs that closely resemble the macroscopic or microscopic morphology of C. immitis. Elastin hydrolysis was measured by elastin-agar plate assays. Approximately 80% of the isolants hydrolyzed elastin; thus, the elastin digestion assay as a differential test appears to have little value.
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Lupan, D.M., Nziramasanga, P. Elastase activity of fungi with anamorphs similar to Coccidioides immitis . Mycopathologia 92, 169–171 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00437629
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00437629