Do Pathogens from Corneal Scraping Show Their True Colours Better in Bactec Bottles?

Identification  of  causative  organisms  of  clinically  suspected  microbial  keratitis is  very  important  so  that  appropriate  targeted  antimicrobial  treatment  can  be offered  to  patients.  The  current  routine  method  of  corneal  scraping  specimens on to multiple agar culture plates for microbiological study is not really providing encouraging result. Our trial of modified technique of using BACTEC broth for three clinically suspected microbial keratitis cases worked 100% to identify the causative organisms in cases of microbial keratitis.