A36-year-old veterinarian presents with myalgias, dry cough, and severe headache. his vital signs include blood pressure 138/74 mm hg, heart rate 82 beats/minute, temperature 39°c, and oxygen saturation 94% on room air. he has hepatosplenomegaly on abdominal exam. his chest x-ray shows patchy perihilar infiltrates. what of the following is the most appropriate antibiotic for this patient?
a) amoxicillin-clavulanate
b) doxycycline
c) levofloxacin
d) trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole

Doxycycline

Explanation:

Psittacosis is a disease which is caused by Chlamydia psittaci which is an obligate intracellular  gram negative organism.

The people who are pet shop employee, veterinarians susceptible to infections.

The patients suffering from this diseases have high fever, severe headache, cough et cetera. These people can also have proteinuria.

This disease is treated by the antibiotics doxycyclin.

the cladogram shown here shows similarities and differences among several classes of vertebrates. anatomically, the four have limb structure as their common ancestor. we might separate the mammals from the other three classes because they a) divergent; do not lay eggs b) identical; are warm-blooded c) varied; a four chambered heart d) homologous; have mammary glands