Treatment with antibiotics should be aggressive and immediate in most cases to eradicate the potential microbe. The patient was advised to return in 24 hours but because the clinic was not open on the weekend, she returned the following Monday30. The patient was advised to go to the emergency room if symptoms worsened over the weekend. A culture was not taken in this case be- cause the corneal ulcer was small, not on the visual axis and responded to treatment. Although obtaining a cor- neal scraping is recommended before prescribing antibiotics, standard of care as stated in American Optometric As- sociation guidelines does not require obtaining a corneal culture30.