: A student dies after eating pasta made five days before | Notisul

A 20-year-old Belgian boy, unidentified, died after eating a spaghetti prepared five days ago. According to Dr. Bernard, who has a YouTube channel on medical issues, the young man was preparing his meals for the week on a Sunday in order to save time and money. Foods were stored in plastic pots and were sufficient to heat food for consumption

The case report published in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology indicates that the student had cooked the pasta and left it in the kitchen. 39, outside the refrigerator for five days. That is, the pasta was reserved at room temperature.

When the student went to lunch, he tasted a strange taste, but eventually attributed it to the new tomato sauce that he had used. After the meal, he was playing sports. After 30 minutes, he experienced abdominal pain, nausea and headache. When he went home, he had diarrhea and vomiting, but he did not consult a doctor and preferred to rest, drink water and try to sleep.

The next morning, his parents were worried about not going to university. When they joined him at eleven o'clock in the morning, the young man was already dead.
The body examination revealed that he had died at 4 am, about 10 hours after eating the spaghetti. His body was autopsied, while samples of pasta and sauce were sent to the National Reference Laboratory on Foodborne Outbreaks (NRLFO) for badysis.

Autopsy revealed hepatic necrosis, indicating that the liver had stopped functioning, as well as possible signs of acute pancreatitis. Fecal samples revealed the presence of Bacillus cereus, a bacterium responsible for the "Fried Rice Syndrome", a food poisoning commonly caused by leaving the rice at room temperature for several hours.

These pasta was the cause of death. According to the IFLScience portal, poisoning by this bacteria is surprisingly common.