Gliotoxin Production in<i>Aspergillus fumigatus</i>Contributes to Host‐Specific Differences in Virulence

Abstract

Gliotoxin only contributes to the virulence of A. fumigatus in nonneutropenic mice and in fruit flies with functional phagocytes. These results suggest that the principal targets of gliotoxin are neutrophils or other phagocytes.