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In these uncertain times dealing with the COVID-19, it is important for medical journals to adapt their publication processes to encourage timely information sharing for frontline clinicians.1 One example is the increased publication of relevant case reports, including those which reported some of the earliest cases of COVID-19 in Wuhan.2 However, in recent decades, case reports have fallen out of favour with many medical journals.3 With their resurgence in the face of this new threat, we must reconsider the relevance of this much maligned form of …
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Contributors SS was the lead author of this letter with overall responsibility and topic conception. All authors contributed equally to the writing, refinement and editing of the letter.
Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.
Competing interests None declared.
Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.
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