A young man died after warming the noodles that he had cooked five days ago

A scientific survey explains how the fatal outcome occurred and what mistakes were made.

A 20-year-old man used to cook a lot of food every Sunday to prepare several servings for the week. As a rule, he boils the pasta and keeps it in a tupper.

Although the case occurred a few years ago, a report from the Journal of Clinical Microbiology that investigated this tragedy has been uncovered. According to IFLSciencie, the Belgian student warmed noodles prepared five days earlier, during which pasta was taken out of the refrigerator, that is to say at room temperature and without cold.

When he ate them, he felt a strange taste, but he attributed it to a new tomato sauce that he had bought. He did not give much importance, he finished his lunch and went to play sports.

But 30 minutes later, he began to experience severe abdominal pain, nausea and headaches. Back home after his training, he immediately had severe episodes of diarrhea and severe vomiting, but he did not see a doctor and decided to stay on the spot, drink water and sleep.

The next morning, her parents were worried when she did not get up to go to the university. At age 11, they went to the house where he lived and found him dead. His body was examined, while samples of his pasta and pasta sauce were sent to the National Reference Laboratory (NRLFO).

The autopsy revealed that he had died at 4 o'clock and that the cause of death was hepatic necrosis, indicating that his liver was closed, as well as any signs of acute pancreatitis. The fecal smear, a laboratory test to badyze a sample of feces, revealed the presence of "Bacillus cereus", a bacterium responsible for the "Fried Rice Syndrome".

This symptom is a food poisoning generally caused by leaving the fried rice dishes at room temperature for several hours. In this case, the studies determined that the sample of noodles containing significant amounts of Bacillus cereus, confirming that the dough was the cause of his death.

The poisoning by bacteria is surprisingly common. In 2003, a family became seriously ill with food poisoning after eating a pasta salad for eight days on a picnic. The five children required medical intervention and intensive care, while the youngest girl, aged seven, died of liver failure. (Clarin)