Octreotide therapy for diarrhoea
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form of recent dental infection or manipulation.4 Our patient also had very poor dentition and valvular heart disease. Various combinations of antibiotics like penicillin and streptomycin, cephalosporin and streptomycin, penicillin, tetracycline and streptomycin have been successful in achieving cure, however, at present high dose penicillin (> 25 mU/day) in combination with an aminoglycoside for six weeks is favoured.4
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