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SMLE Question #18442

Medicine / Internal Medicine Infectious Diseases

Objective: OBJ-349

Last updated: February 2026
A 56-year-old man with acute myeloid leukemia is receiving induction chemotherapy. On day 10, he develops fever and malaise without localizing symptoms. Physical examination is unremarkable. Blood cultures are obtained. Which empiric antibiotic regimen is most appropriate as initial therapy?

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