Table 3.

Comparison of patient outcomes

Parameter	Patients with Guidewire Catheter Exchange	Patients with Catheter Removal and Delayed Replacement	P
No. of patients	27	13
Serious complications (n [%])	0 (0)	1 (8) endophthalmitis	0.15
Recurrent candidemia within 90 d (n [%])	4 (15)	2 (15)	0.96
Alive at 6 mo (n [%])	19 (70)	11 (85)	0.33