All of the following infections have a well recognized association with nephropathies; except:
Correct Answer: Staphylococcus epidermidis
Description: 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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