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Thirty\u2010eight children were colonised with <jats:italic>Kingella denitrificans<\/jats:italic>.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Our results suggest that prevalence of <jats:italic>K. kingae<\/jats:italic> carriage in pre\u2010school children in Sydney is very low and support local and national guidelines that recommend flucloxacillin as empiric first\u2010line therapy for children with osteoarticular infections. 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