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SMLE Question #11881

Medicine / Internal Medicine Infectious Diseases

Objective: OBJ-349

Last updated: February 2026
A 45-year-old man with acute myeloid leukemia is on day 8 of induction chemotherapy. He develops fever and mild chills without localizing symptoms. Examination shows no clear infection source. Blood and urine cultures have been sent. He is neutropenic. What is the most appropriate immediate management?

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