exoantigen test for the rapid identification of exophiala spinifera. | exophiala spinifera, one of the etiologic agents of subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis, may be wrongly identified as exophiala jeanselmei because of the morphologic similarity of the two species. a reagent containing a precipitin specific for e. spinifera was produced by absorbing antiserum to e. spinifera with e. jeanselmei serotype 1 antigen. using this absorbed antiserum, we were able to correctly identify isolates of e. spinifera and differentiate them from those of exophiala alcalophila, e. jea ... | 1991 | 1719180 |