Genady Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 There were several posts recently about food safety issues. The following recent case might be of interest in this light: Student had legs, fingers amputated after eating leftover Chinese (nypost.com) Quote A 19-year-old college student developed sepsis and lost his legs and fingers after eating leftover Chinese takeout food in what a doctor described as a “perfect storm” of events. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beecee Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 1 hour ago, Genady said: There were several posts recently about food safety issues. The following recent case might be of interest in this light: Student had legs, fingers amputated after eating leftover Chinese (nypost.com) 🤢😵 Holy shit! Thanks for that. My favourite left overs coincidently are chinese food left overs!!!!! They are immediatley refridgerated though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharonY Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 The report in OP is also severely misleading. The case under discussion is this here: N Engl J Med 2021; 384:953-963 DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcpc2027093 And the final diagnosis is Quote Final Diagnosis Meningococcal purpura fulminans. Which is not a food-borne disease. The report linked in the article in OP was part of a diagnostic survey where folks could try to perform a differential diagnosis based on all the information provided. The article then heavily suggested a food-borne disease (and I can only speculate that the "Chinese food" angle was just to tempting to pass up). The full case was then reported in the article I indicated and revealed Neisseria mengitidis as culprit. Sources, sources, sources... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genady Posted February 22, 2022 Author Share Posted February 22, 2022 10 minutes ago, CharonY said: The report in OP is also severely misleading. The case under discussion is this here: N Engl J Med 2021; 384:953-963 DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcpc2027093 And the final diagnosis is Which is not a food-borne disease. The report linked in the article in OP was part of a diagnostic survey where folks could try to perform a differential diagnosis based on all the information provided. The article then heavily suggested a food-borne disease (and I can only speculate that the "Chinese food" angle was just to tempting to pass up). The full case was then reported in the article I indicated and revealed Neisseria mengitidis as culprit. Sources, sources, sources... Thank you for the correction. Do they know what the source of the bacteria was? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genady Posted February 23, 2022 Author Share Posted February 23, 2022 After obtaining the original report in the NE Journal of Medicine I see that there is no determination of the source of the infection. The only two mentions of the meal are: Quote The patient had been well until 20 hours before this admission, when diffuse abdominal pain and nausea developed after he ate rice, chicken, and lo mein leftovers from a restaurant meal. and Quote On the patient’s admission to this hospital, additional history was obtained from family members. A friend who had eaten the same meal as the patient the evening before admission had vomited once shortly thereafter but had not become progressively ill. So, yes, as @CharonY said above, the articles in the popular media misrepresent this case claiming that the source of the infection is known to be the leftovers from the restaurant meal. (It is not only the article that I've linked in the OP, there are more like that.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVat Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 The New York Post is a tabloid owned by the Murdochs. It is not ever trustworthy as a source. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharonY Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 16 hours ago, Genady said: After obtaining the original report in the NE Journal of Medicine I see that there is no determination of the source of the infection. The only two mentions of the meal are: and So, yes, as @CharonY said above, the articles in the popular media misrepresent this case claiming that the source of the infection is known to be the leftovers from the restaurant meal. (It is not only the article that I've linked in the OP, there are more like that.) As you said, the case study did not determine that, and they often don't in these studies, if they do not have an epidemiological angle. Typically, Neisseria meningitidis spreads via direct contact (e.g. kissing or extensive close contact). And these narratives with vaguely xenophobic undertones get high interest. I did a quick google search and even articles that mention the causative agent, still added lines about dangers of leftover food. That is is just annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mehboob97 Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 12 hours ago, Genady said: There were several posts recently about food safety issues. The following recent case might be of interest in this light: Student had legs, fingers amputated after eating leftover Chinese (nypost.com) Such horrible incident Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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