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Context:Studies reported differences in clinical profiles of urinary tract infections (UTIs) in patients with and without type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Studies on the impact of the pattern of antibiotic resistance of organisms causing UTI on actual clinical practice are lacking.Objectives:1. To study the clinical and microbiologic profiles of UTIs. 2. To compare treatment given with the prevailing antimicrobial sensitivity.Settings and Design:This is a cross-sectional study conducted in a tertiary care hospital.Methods and Materials:Retrospective chart review of inpatients with UTI (N = 200, 100 each of patients with and without T2DM), aged >18 years with a positive urine culture.Statistical Analysis:We used the statistical package SPSS version 17. The categorical variables were analyzed by the Chi-square test. Data were considered significant if P value was less than 0.05.Results:Similar to previous Indian studies, T2DM patients with UTI had significantly more asymptomatic bacteriuria, asymptomatic bacteriuria (32% vs. 6%), previous history of UTI (25% vs. 2%), and prior catheterization (16% vs. 1%). Escherichia coli (E. coli) was the most common organism isolated and showed sensitivity pattern of meropenem > netilmicin > amikacin > nitrofurantoin. Ceftriaxone was the most common empirical therapy given in spite the prevailing low sensitivity of E. coli to it. All ASB cases were treated unlike recommendations.Conclusions:Ceftriaxone is the most common empirical therapy given in spite the prevailing low sensitivity of E. coli to it. Cases of ASB were treated unlike recommendations.

New Findings What is the central question of this study?Does long‐term rotational night shift work among healthcare workers alter postprandial triglyceride metabolism, and are the postprandial triglyceride responses associated with insulin resistance? What is the main finding and its importance?Rotational night shift duties in healthcare workers might have a negative impact on postprandial triglyceride responses and insulin sensitivity. This is the first study in which postprandial triglyceride responses among shift workers exposed to long‐term night shifts have been studied. Abstract Studies on the postprandial period demonstrate that in experimental conditions, abrupt or acute changes in sleep timing and work are followed by significantly altered postprandial glucose, insulin secretion and lipid tolerance. Whether shift work results in altered postprandial triglyceride (PPTG) metabolism in the long term is not known. In the present study, we aimed to ascertain the association between PPTG and shift work in relationship to cardiometabolic risks and to compare the PPTG response among healthcare workers with and without night shift duties. Twenty healthcare workers with rotational night shifts (group 2) and 20 age‐ and sex‐matched healthcare workers who had not done night shift duty in the past 1 year or ever (group 1) were recruited. Only subjects with normal glucose tolerance were recruited. A standardized fat challenge test was done in all study subjects. The postprandial triglyceride area under the curve (PPTG AUC) showed overall (n = 40) a significant positive correlation with fasting insulin and homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA‐IR) (r = 0.40, P = 0.01 and r = 0.37, P = 0.01, respectively) and in group 2 (r = 0.49, P = 0.02 and r = 0.44, P = 0.042, respectively). The PPTG peak also showed a significant positive correlation with fasting insulin and HOMA‐IR in group 2 (r = 0.52, P = 0.01 and r = 0.47, P = 0.03, respectively). No significant correlation was found in group 1. The PPTG AUC and PPTG peak were, however, comparable between both groups. The findings of this pilot study suggest that rotational night shift duties in healthcare workers might have a negative impact on metabolic parameters, including postprandial triglyceride responses and insulin sensitivity.