比利時布魯塞爾（Brussels）一名20歲的男大生AJ，將一碗義大利麵微波來吃，但該碗義大利麵從煮好後到AJ吃下肚整整隔了5天，還沒有放進冰箱內。AJ吃完後外出運動，但卻出現頭痛、拉肚子、嘔吐等情況返家。雖然一連吐了好幾個小時，但AJ認為自己只是一般食物中毒，沒有就醫，只喝了大量的水後便上床睡覺。
隔天早上，AJ父母發現他沒有出門上學，打開房門查看才發現AJ在床上暴斃身亡。驗屍報告顯示，AJ是因仙人掌桿菌（bacillus cereus，蠟樣芽孢桿菌）導致食物中毒，進而引發肝衰竭猝死。
其實AJ的案例是在2008年所發生的，近日被美國醫學期刊《Journal of Clinical Microbiology》刊登才曝光，時常分享怪奇醫療病例的醫師伯納德（Dr. Bernard）也在YouTube討論此例，並表示其實很多人也常常會吃隔了1、2天的麵食，但千萬要注意，若是食物再放超過數小時發出奇怪味道，建議不要再食用，以免後悔莫及。
連結：Sudden Death of a Young Adult Associated with Bacillus cereus Food Poisoning
On 1 October 2008, a 20-year-old man became sick after eating a meal of leftovers of spaghetti with tomato sauce, which had been prepared 5 days before and left in the kitchen at room temperature. After school, he warmed the spaghetti in the microwave oven. Immediately after eating, he left home for his sports activities, but he returned 30 min later because of headache, abdominal pain, and nausea. At his arrival, he vomited profusely for several hours and at midnight had two episodes of watery diarrhea. 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.
Legal examination determined the time of death, presumably at 4:00 AM, approximately 10 h after ingestion of the suspected meal. An autopsy could not be performed until 5 days later. Macroscopically, brownish and moderately softened liver and ascites (550 ml of citrine liquid) were found. The heart was macroscopically normal. A total lysis of the pancreas was also found, but it could not be excluded that this finding was due to the autopsy delay.