A 33 year old lady with Hodgkin’s lymphoma presents with temperature 40C, left sided abdominal pain and lymphadenitis. Blood was taken for test. What will you do next?
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The key is B. Start broad spectrum IV antibiotics. [The patient is immunocompromized with high fever (40C) suggestive of infection. Broad spectrum IV antibiotic should be started empirically while waiting for blood reports].
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