MYOCARDITIS

infective:

viral:

coxsackie A and B

influenza

echo virus

EBV

rabies

measles

polio virus

mumps

hepatitis

yellow fever

HSV

chickenpox

smallpox

rubella

CMV

chlamydial:

psittacosis

LGV

bacterial:

infective endocarditis

syphilis

Borrelia recurrentis

septicaemia

diphtheria (exotoxin)

protozoal:

Trypanosoma cruzi (Chagas' disease)

parasitic:

toxoplasma

amoebiasis

trichinosis

hypersensitivity:

rheumatic fever

collagen diseases, eg. rheumatoid arthritis , scleroderma, dermatomyositis and others

post-viral

other:

myocardial trauma

idiopathic (Fiedler's [giant cell] myocarditis)

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