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Student, 20, died in his sleep from food poisoning bug after eating pasta that he'd left out on a worktop for five days
- A student died after eating pasta that had been left out in kitchen for five days
- The 20-year-old from Belgium got food poisoning after eating leftover spaghetti
- Poisoning bug bacillus cereus made him violently ill and he tried to sleep it off
- He was found dead in bed the next morning by his devastated parents
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Published: 03:06 GMT, 28 January 2019 | Updated: 22:06 GMT, 28 January 2019
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A student has died after eating a bowl of pasta that he had left out on on his kitchen benchtop for five days.
The 20-year-old from
Brussels in Belgium fell sick after consuming spaghetti leftovers which had been made five days earlier and stored at room temperature.
The man, known only as AJ, became violently ill from food poisoning and went to bed to try and sleep it off.
The following morning he was found dead in his bed by his shocked parents.
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A student has died after eating a bowl of pasta that he had left out on on his kitchen benchtop for five days (file photo)
The incident occurred in October 2008 and happened after the man came home from school one day.
He warmed the spaghetti in the microwave oven before heading out to play sports.
He ended up coming home half an hour later suffering from headaches, abdominal pain, and nausea.
He threw up for several hours and went to the bathroom twice only to fall asleep around midnight.
The man's lifeless body was discovered 11 hours later by his 'worried' parents who only became concerned when he didn't get up for college.
An autopsy revealed he had died suddenly from food poisoning caused by a bacteria called bacillus cereus.
Bacillus cereus is a spore forming bacteria that produces toxins, causing cause vomiting and diarrhea.
Although AJ experienced such symptoms, he treated them as a regular bout of food poisoning, drinking plenty of water and didn't take any medication.
Pasta and tomato sauce samples, the leftovers of the dinner, were also sent for analysis to the National Reference Laboratory for Food-borne Outbreaks
It found that the toxins from the bacteria were so great, they caused his liver to fail and he ended up dead.
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The case, which originally featured in the
US Journal of Clinical Microbiology, explained how the harmful bacteria caused AJ's liver to shut down.
Dr Bernard, a licenced practitioner who studies and shares bizarre medical cases found around the world on his
YouTube channel.
Samples of spoiled pasta and the tomato sauce were analysed.
The National Reference Laboratory for Food-borne Outbreaks confirmed the spaghetti was contaminated with 'significant amounts' of the B.cereus, although there was none in the sauce.
'Many people eat pasta, or any other form of noodles, that are leftover for a day or two and they're fine,' he said, 'but be careful of food left out for more than a few hours. If the food smells funny, it's always better to be safe than sorry.'
Commentators online did not show much sympathy for the student.
'That was kinda dumb but not really something you expect to kill you a day later,' one person wrote.
'I don't know why anyone would leave perishable food in the kitchen for 5 days and think it's okay to still eat it,' said added.
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Student died after eating leftover pasta in rare food poisoning case
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Leftover pasta causes food poisoning and kills college student
A tragic case report involving a fatal helping of
leftover spaghetti is regaining attention after a
doctor featured the 2008 death on his popular YouTube channel. According to the initial report published in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology, a student in Belgium identified as “A.J.,” became sick after eating spaghetti and tomato sauce that had been prepared five days earlier.
The report’s authors said the spaghetti had been stored at room temperature before the 20-year-old used the microwave to warm it up.
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“Immediately after eating, he left home for his sports activities, but he returned 30 minutes later because of headache, abdominal pain and nausea. At his arrival, he vomited profusely for several hours and at midnight had two episodes of water diarrhea,”
the report said. “He did not receive any medication and drank only water. After midnight, he fell asleep. The next morning at 11:00 AM, his parents were worried because he did not get up. When they went to his room, they found him dead.”
A post-mortem examination determined that he had died at 4 a.m., and significant B. cereus, a known food-poisoning organism, were found in samples of the leftover pasta.
In a YouTube clip viewed over 1.8 million times, Dr. Bernard, who identifies himself as a licensed provider trained and based in the U.S., explained that the spoiled pasta had shut down A.J.’s liver.
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“Typically, food poisoning just causes stomach inflammation, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea, it doesn’t typically cause acute liver failure, and even worse, we can’t find out which bacteria is causing the problem because culturing it would take days — days A.J. doesn’t have because his liver is quickly shutting down,” Bernard said.
Bernard said it’s important to note that A.J.’s death is not a “typical” food poisoning case, although other fatalities have been documented before so it’s important to be wary of food left out without refrigeration, or anything that smells odd. The report’s authors reached a similar conclusion.
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“Although we cannot incriminate B cereus as the direct and unique cause of death, the present case illustrates the severity of the emetic and diarrheal syndromes and the importance of adequate refrigeration of prepared food,” the report said. “Because the emetic toxin is preformed in food and is not inactivated by heat treatment, it is important to prevent B. cereus growth and its cereulide production during storage.”
https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/of...ng-plate-of-five-day-old-pasta-ng-b881088238z
Belgian student killed after eating plate of five day old pasta
PerthNow January 29, 2019 1:12PM
A Belgian student died after eating a plate of pasta that had been left on his kitchen bench for five days.
The 20-year-old from Brussels became seriously ill 30 minutes after eating the reheated the dish of spaghetti and tomato sauce.
After two bouts of diarrhoea, the student identified as AJ, went to bed to try and sleep the sickness off, only to be found dead at 11am by his devastated parents in 2008.
Autopsies revealed the student suffered liver failure, the result of extreme food poisoning caused by a bacteria called Bacillus Cereus.
Details of the shocking death emerged again after it was highlighted by a renowned plant-based physician Dr Neal Barnard on his YouTube channel.
While the medical report for AJ’s death states “he did not receive any medication and drank only water,” Dr Barnard believes the student treated his symptoms with “stomach medicine”.
Death by pasta: The 20-year-old suffered liver failure from a plate of spaghetti containing a bacteria called Bacillus Cereus.Picture: Pixabay
“The food poisoning that results from it is usually self-limiting, meaning one can recover from it through intrinsic bodily functions. But for AJ a second agent was found,” Professor Bernard said in the video.
“Additional lab methods were used to deflect, extract, isolate and purify the toxin from Bacillus Cereus cultures revealing a protein known as Cereulide, which points us to the final answer of AJ’s case.
“The final link in this case comes not from the pasta but the stomach medicine that AJ drank after initially vomiting.”
Professor Barnard claims AJ’s death was not a typical food poising case, and that liver failure was triggered in part by an overdose of stomach medication.
The video has been viewed two million times and attracted more than 16,000 comments since it was uploaded in January 21.
“(Be right back), gonna go throw out everything in my fridge real quick,” one viewer said.
Another wrote: “I was eating some suspect leftover food while watching another medical video on YouTube, then this video auto-played.”
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