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If the patient is not allergic, what medication is the drug of choice for chlamydia?
  1. Cefriaxone
  2. Metronidazole
  3. Amoxicillin
  4. Azithromycin
Explanation
Answer: D - Azithromycin or Doxycycline should be used to treat the sexually transmitted disease, Chlamydia. Ceftioxone, a cephalosporin is not active against Chlamydia nor is the anti fungal, Metronidazole, and Amoxicillin is resistant to most gram-negative infections.
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