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MYOCARDITIS |
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infective: |
viral: |
coxsackie A and B influenza echo virus EBV rabies |
measles polio virus mumps hepatitis yellow fever |
HSV chickenpox smallpox rubella CMV |
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chlamydial: |
psittacosis LGV |
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bacterial: |
infective endocarditis syphilis Borrelia recurrentis |
septicaemia diphtheria (exotoxin) |
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protozoal: |
Trypanosoma cruzi (Chagas' disease) |
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parasitic: |
toxoplasma amoebiasis trichinosis |
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hypersensitivity: |
rheumatic fever collagen diseases , eg. rheumatoid arthritis , scleroderma, dermatomyositis and otherspost-viral |
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other: |
myocardial trauma idiopathic (Fiedler's [giant cell] myocarditis) |
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