The specimen was placed in a sterile petri dish with a few drops of balanced salt solution to avoid drying and immediately brought to the microbiology laboratory for processing. Results: Microbiologic evaluation of the corneal biopsy was than more sensitive than corneal scraping with positive smears (62.16% / 43.24%, p = 0.0048) and positive culture (78.38% / 56.36%, p = 0.0046).