What is true about Histoplasmosis -

Chronic cavitary histoplasmosis is seen in smokers who have structural lung disease (e.g. bullous emphysema) is characterized upper-lobe infiltrates, cavitation, and pleural thickening- mimics cavitary tuberculosis. Isolation of fungi by culture and demonstration of dimorphism is diagnostic. Reservoir of infection: Soil Microconidia (spores) are the infective form and mode of infection is inhalation. Person to person or animal to man transmission in not known so far for Histoplasmosis.