Unnecessary exposure?
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* Mithu Sen
* Daniel Gregson
* James Lewis

[The authors respond:]

We thank Steven Shumak for his insightful comments concerning our recent case report in *CMAJ*.1 Many of the details in the article concerning the index case were requested during the editorial review process. Indeed, the editors asked for additional details that were not included in the published version of the article because of confidentiality concerns. We take full responsibility for our work; perhaps we erred in supplying any of the details that the editors requested.

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1.  1.Sen M, Gregson D, Lewis J. Neonatal exposure to active pulmonary tuberculosis in a health care professional. CMAJ 2005;172:1453-6.
    
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