The common pathogens associated with corneal ulcers have changed over the past 50 years in Northern California, with S. pneumoniae and P. aeruginosa being isolated relatively less often and S. marcescens being isolated with increasing frequency. The decrease in isolation of organisms over the 1976-1999 period may have resulted from increasing empiric antibiotic treatment by referring ophthalmologists.
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