Immunodiagnosis of systemic mycoses in animals: a review.

Immunologic methods have been used with varying success in the diagnosis and prognosis of systemic mycoses in animals. Information on the application of the tests and on the interpretation of test results in monitoring therapy was complied. Serotesting provided diagnostic and prognostic data in immunocompetent patients, and predicted relapse in one case after apparent clinical cure. The tests were useful in the management of animals with mycoses that respond slowly and unpredictably to therapeutic agents for which pharmacologics and pharmacokinetics have not been established in domestic animals. Certain tests were not useful in some cases.