Unnecessary exposure?
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《加拿大医疗协会学报》
It is difficult to completely conceal the identity of an individual in a case report unless he or she has a common disease with a common presentation. In this report of exposure of neonates, staff and visitors in an intensive care unit it was important to describe the index case, the resident and his background, previous exposure to tuberculosis and dates of his chest x-rays during the immigration process. Because of the authors' affiliations, the identity of the intensive care unit could not be concealed. Also, because of the large number of people involved in the investigation of possible tuberculosis, it is likely that the identity of the index case was known.(John Hoey)