bacteraemia in the plague area in France: Two cases.

() bacteraemia is a rare situation, with only four case reports in the literature. Fourteen teeth from the 1590 plague site in Fédons, France, were surface decontaminated before the pulp was cultured under strict anaerobiosis with negative controls. Colonies were identified by mass spectrometry and whole genome sequencing, and specific PCR was performed using DNA extracted from dental pulps, calculus and sediments. cultured in two dental pulp specimens from two individuals was firmly identified by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry, and whole genome sequencing confirmed toxigenic . In the remaining twelve individuals, no such was recovered and further detection by PCR and palaeoculturomics of dental calculus and sediments surrounding the teeth in these two individuals remained negative. Toxigenic which did not result from mere environmental contamination, caused bacteraemia in two individuals from a modern time plague site in France.