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A 50-year-old woman receiving chemotherapy for breast cancer presents with rigors and malaise. Temperature is 38.5 degrees Celsius, pulse 120, blood pressure 105/70 mmHg. Her neutrophil count is 0.3 x 10 to the power 9 per litre. What is the most appropriate immediate management?

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