Table 1 Microbiological profile of corneal ulcer cultures

Cultured

134 (65.4%)

37 (58.7%)

Organism growth^a

91 (44.4%)

24 (38.1%)

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

18

10

Staphylococcus

62

16

 Coagulase-negative

5

2

 Epidermis

31

8

 Staphylococcus aureus

  Methicillin-sensitive

12

3

  Methicillin-resistant

1

0

 Lugdunensis

4

1

 Warneri

2

0

 Hominis

2

2

 Haemolyticus

2

0

 Capissi

2

0

 Simulans

1

0

Streptococcus

20

2

 Viridans

6

2

 Pneumoniae

7

0

 Mitis/oralis

3

0

 Pyogenes

3

0

 Dysgalactiae

1

0

Candida

2

0

 Albicans

1

0

 Glabrata

1

0

Moraxella

6

0

 Nonliquefaciens

3

0

 Lacunata

3

0

Bacillus

3

0

 Subtilis

2

0

 Licheniformis

1

0

Haemophilus

3

1

 Parahaemolyticus

2

0

 Influenza

1

1

Corynebacterium

5

1

 Macginleyi

4

1

 Pseudodiphtheriticum

1

0

Aspergillus

2

1

 Versicolor

1

0

 Flavus

1

1

Other

15

2

 Strenotrophomas

1

1

 maltophilia

1

0

 Staph-like organism

1

0

 Serratia marcescens

1

0

 Rothia mucilaginosa

1

0

 Rhizobium species

1

0

 Kocuria species

1

0

 Proteus mirabilis

1

0

 Granulicatella adiacens

1

0

 Enterobacter cloacae

1

1

 Enterococcus faecalis

1

0

 Pasteurella bettyae

1

0

 Dolosigranulum pigrum

1

0

 Acinetobacter species

1

0

 Ursingii species

1

0