UKMLA PLAB AMC USMLE Prometric MCQ

Question Number 0198

Question:
A 45 year old develops a fever with headache, muscular pain and rigors. On examination he is found to have hepatosplenomegaly, jaundice and a truncal petechial rash. A Wright's stained peripheral blood smear demonstrates spirochetes. The most appropriate treatment would be

a) rifampicin
b) metronidazole
c) nystatin pessaries
d) chloroquine
e) tetracycline