Florida Man Who Died After Eating Raw Oysters Had Cocaine, Fentanyl, Oxycodone, More In System

The Florida man who died after eating raw oysters last month had multiple drugs in his system, according to the medical examiner's report.

The report from Florida's Broward County Medical Examiner said that the drugs Fentanyl, cocaine, oxycodone, opiates and cannabis were found in the 44-year-old man's system at the time of his death, WNBC, an NBC affiliate out of New York, reported. No determination made about the role the drugs played in his death.

The man, Roger Pinckney, also tested positive for vibrio vulnificus – a bacteria that is found in warm seawater, according to the news outlet. Often detected in estuaries where oysters are harvested, vibrio vulnificus can cause life-threatening infections.

Pinckney had eaten raw oysters on July 23 as he was celebrating his birthday at the Rustic Inn Crabhouse in Fort Lauderdale. He was hospitalized with a fever and abdominal pain following the consumption of the shellfish and later died on July 31.

Pinckney had worked at the Rustic Inn years prior to the fatal visit. Gary Oreal, the manager at the Rustic Inn, told the Sun-Sentinel that as many as 100 dozen oysters were served the day that Pinckney ate at the restaurant.

"He had that one in a billion that was bad," Oreal told the news outlet. "I feel horrible."

The medical examiner's report, as reported by WNBC, did not indicate exactly where Pinckney became infected with vibrio vulnificus, but records from the Florida Department of Health in Broward County show that the agency responded to the Rustic Inn Crabhouse after someone became sick from eating raw oysters from the restaurant.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on its website that about 80,000 people in the U.S. get infected with vibrio vulnificus each year, with about 100 people dying from the infection. Infections occur when seawater is exposed to open soars or by eating raw or undercooked oysters or shellfish.

The CDC warns that "An oyster that contains harmful bacteria doesn't look, smell, or even taste different from any other oyster."

Pinckney is one of six people to die from vibrio vulnificus after eating shellfish in Florida this year, with 26 cases reported.

On Aug. 9, Rodney Jackson became ill after eating oysters purchased from Maria's Fresh Seafood Market in Pensacola that were also sourced from Louisiana, the Pensacola News Journal reported.