<prompt> The following about leptospirosis is true except ?High fever with chillsSeen in sewage workersJaundice is presentTetracycline is the drug of choice  <response>: Ans. is e i.e., Tetracycline is drug of choice Treatment of leptospirosis Mild cases -- Doxycycline or amplicillin or amoxicillin Moderate or severe -- Penicillin G or ampicillin or amoxicillin or erythromycin Chemoprophvloxis Doxycycline is the DOC. In severe illness, I.V. benzyl penicillin is the drug of choice, for milder infections a 7-10 days course of oral amoxicillin appropriate. - Green wood 16 e 355 . Patients allergic to penicillin can be treated with erythromycin. 