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<jats:title>ABSTRACT</jats:title>
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Oxacillin-susceptible,
<jats:italic>mecA</jats:italic>
-positive
<jats:named-content content-type="genus-species">Staphylococcus aureus</jats:named-content>
isolates create a treatment challenge for the clinician. In this article, we describe two cases of bacteremia from isolates that carried the
<jats:italic>mecA</jats:italic>
gene but were susceptible to oxacillin (oxacillin-susceptible methicillin-resistant
<jats:named-content content-type="genus-species">S. aureus</jats:named-content>
[OS-MRSA]). DNA microarray analysis was used to characterize these isolates as a
<jats:italic>mecA</jats:italic>
-positive, clonal complex 5, pediatric strain and a
<jats:italic>mecA</jats:italic>
-positive, clonal complex 8, USA300 strain.
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