Our patient was a resident of a nonendemic region of central India, [7] but frequented many caves and forts that are often inhabited by bats. [16] We believe that our patient contracted the disease via inhalation of conidia of Histoplasma capsulatum present in the soil contaminated by excreta of bats or birds. [16] Inhalation of either fungal conidia or mycelial fragments is the primary mode of in