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*[[Doxycycline]] 100 mg BID for 5-7 days<ref>Shandera WX, Roig IL: Viral & Rickettsial Infections, in Papadakis MA, McPhee SJ (eds): Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment, ed 52. USA, McGraw-Hill, 2013, (Ch) 32: p 1412-1413.</ref>
**Indicated also in children at 2.2mg/kg BID
*[[Chloramphenicol]] (CAM) 50-100 mg/kg/day div Q6hr (Max dose = 4g/day)
**Preferred agent in pregnancy. May cause [[aplastic anemia]] and [[Grey baby syndrome]], more common in near term or 3rd trimester<ref name="http://www.cdc.gov/rmsf/">http://www.cdc.gov/rmsf/</ref>
**Consideration should be made for doxycycline over CAM in the 3rd trimester