Adc 26 july 2013

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Regd. No. MH/MR/South-160/2012-14 RNI Regn. No. 43675/1985 MUMBAI FRIDAY, JULY 26, 2013 32 PAGES `3 Website: www.afternoondc.in

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RINGWORM ALERT! DESPATCH & COURIER

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SKIN INFECTIONS TURNING RESISTANT TO CONVENTIONAL TREATMENT

By Shwetha Kannan

the infection would recur frequently. A microbiological ermatologists in the examination of his skin city are now seeing scrapings later showed posicases of fungal infec- tive results for the presence of tion that are resistant to the the trichophyton species of conventional mode of treat- fungus that causes ringment, as is seen in the case of worms. “I was very uncomfortable an 18-year-old boy who had developed itchy round and hassled by this infection. patches all over his body, in- Even my younger brother cluding his face, and was and parents started exhibittreated with short courses of ing symptoms similar to anti-fungal tablets and mine but with lesser intencreams. This treatment went sity,” said the boy who wished on for three months because to remain anonymous.

“Cases of fungal infections like ringworms conventionally require two weeks of oral and topical anti-fungal medication to be cured. But recently, we are seeing cases where the response to the conventional two week course of anti-fungal treatment is insufficient. It now takes a minimum of four weeks and a more aggressive treatment for the infection to be cured,” said Dr. Manish. K. Shah,

OC TO MCA

BMC will be soon be ordered to go ahead and issue Occupation Certificate to Club House at Kandivli

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By Prashant Hamine

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he Deputy Chairman of the legislative council Vasant Davkhare yesterday ruled that the construction carried out by the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) at its Club House in Kandivali (West) was as per the Development Control Rules (DCR). He further directed the government to direct the BMC to issue an Continued on pg 8 «

Bad times for Shravan Oshiwara police receive non-bailable warrant from Indore court against well-known music director Shravan in a cheating case By Zuber Ansari

Shravan is better remembered as part of the famous he Oshiwara police have Nadeem-Shravan team that received a non-bailable scored music for many Bollywarrant against wood hit films. Bollywood He has been dragged to court music director by one Vinit Sharma, an Indoreof the 1990s, based financer, who claims that Shravan Kumar Shravan has cheated him for a in a Rs.15 lakh cheating case. Continued on pg 8 «

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