These data indicate that the current recommendation for renal impairment dose reduction (by two-thirds when Ccr < 50 m1-min-1) might result in under-treating moderately impaired patients, and suggests a less conservative dose reduction (by half when Ccr < 10 m1.min-1) to avoid therapeutic failure while remaining within the wide margin of safety for this drug.
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