Question 6. 
 
A 50-year-old woman with early breast cancer presented with fatigue to the accident and 
emergency department on day 7 of her first adjuvant chemotherapy cycle. On examination, 
her temperature was 38.5°C, her pulse was 110 beats per minute and her blood pressure was 
110/70 mmHg. A full blood count was requested. 
 
What is the most appropriate next step? 
 
A  await full blood count result 
B  intravenous broad-spectrum antibiotics 
C  intravenous broad-spectrum antibiotics and granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) 
D  oral broad-spectrum antibiotics 
E  oral broad-spectrum antibiotics and G-CSF