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Exam questionKROK 2Medicine · 2014

5 days before, a 26-year-old female patient developed an acute condition. Objectively: marked headache, vomiting, weakness, poor appetite, temperature up to 39°C. Objectively: the patient is in a moderately grave condition, excited. The face is hyperemic, sclerae are injected. The tongue is coated with brown fur. The trunk and limbs are covered with plentiful roseolous and petechial rash. Hepatosplenomegaly is present. Complement binding reaction with Rickettsia prowazekii is positive with the titer of 1:640. What drug should be administered?

Answer options

  1. Streptomycin
  2. Chloramphenicol
  3. Doxycycline
  4. Penicillin
  5. Metronidazole
Correct answer

Doxycycline

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