Study treatment
All patients received SoC set for their hospital and in keeping with the guidelines in India. Patients randomized to the SoC+Doxy arm were given doxycycline 100 mg BID for 14 days. Patients discharged before the 14-day period of follow up were contacted by telephone two days after discharge to ensure they are well and convalescing; those assigned to the SoC+Doxy arm were asked to complete 14 days of treatment with doxycycline in addition to any other drugs they were discharged with.