A middle-aged man presents with breathing problems, gets diagnosed with pneumonia and discharged, then returns a week later in worse condition. Over twenty lab tests come back negative as clinicians allegedly delay the diagnosis of the “great pretender.” The episode walks through the diagnostic challenge and the science behind causative organism.

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