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Surgery General 836e37e5

All of the following infections have a well recognized association with nephropathies; except:

A
Staphylococcus epidermidis
B
Salmonella typhi
C
Hepatitis A
D
Legionnaire's disease
High-Yield Explanation
Staphylococcus epidermidis is the commonest infection of ventriculo-atrial shunts; mesangiocapillary glomerulonephritis (GN) may result. Salmonella typhi infection can be complicated by glomerulonephritis, which may be mesangial proliferative, diffuse proliferative, or IgA nephropathy. Chronic hepatitis B virus - Membranous GN Hepatitis C - Membrane-proliferative GN associated with mixed essential cryoglobulinemia Nephropathy with hepatitis A is rare. The nephropathy associated with Legionnaire's disease is interstitial nephritis or tubular necrosis.

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