Myocarditis causes


 * Associate Editor(s)-In-Chief: Varun Kumar, M.B.B.S.

Differential Diagnosis of the Underlying Causes of Myocarditis
(By organ system)

Differential Diagnosis of the Underlying Causes of Myocarditis
The cause of myocarditis may be infectious or non-infectious. The idiopathic myocarditis is the most common type of myocarditis and is often suspected to be secondary to viral infection.

(In alphabetical order)


 * Actinomycosis


 * Acute rheumatic fever


 * Adenovirus


 * Amyloidosis


 * Arbovirus


 * Arsenic poisoning


 * Aspergillosis


 * Balantidiasis


 * Blastomycosis


 * Borrelia burgdorferi


 * Brucellosis


 * Candidiasis


 * Carbon monoxide poisoning


 * Celiac disease


 * Chagas disease


 * Clostridia


 * Coccidioidomycosis


 * Coxsackie B


 * Crohn disease


 * Cryptococcosis


 * Cysticercosis


 * Cytomegalovirus


 * Diphtheria


 * Dressler syndrome


 * Echinococcosis


 * Echovirus


 * Enterovirus


 * Epstein-Barr virus


 * Filariasis


 * Friedreich ataxia


 * Giant cell myocarditis


 * Haemochromatosis


 * Heatstroke


 * Hepatitis B


 * Hepatitis C


 * Herpes simplex virus


 * Heterophyiasis


 * Histoplasmosis


 * HIV-1


 * Hyperthermia


 * Influenza


 * Kawasaki disease


 * Lead poisoning


 * Leishmaniasis


 * Leptospirosis


 * Malaria


 * Melioidosis


 * Meningococci


 * Mucormycosis


 * Mumps


 * Mycoplasma pneumoniae


 * Parvovirus B19


 * Peripartum cardiomyopathy


 * Poliomyelitis


 * Psittacosis


 * Rabies


 * Radiation exposure


 * Respiratory syncytial virus


 * Rheumatoid arthritis


 * Rubeola


 * Sarcoidosis


 * Salmonella typhi


 * Sarcosporidiosis


 * Schistosomiasis


 * Scleroderma


 * Staphylococci


 * Streptococci


 * Systemic lupus erythematosus


 * Thyrotoxicosis


 * Toxoplasmosis


 * Trichinosis


 * Trypanosomiasis


 * Tuberculosis


 * Typhus fever


 * Ulcerative colitis


 * Varicella


 * Variola/vaccinia


 * Viral hepatitis


 * Visceral larva migrans


 * Wegener granulomatosis


 * Yellow fever virus

===Drugs known to cause hypersensitive myocarditis  ===
 * Amphetamines
 * Benzodiazepines
 * Carbamazepine
 * Chloramphenicol
 * Clozapine
 * Cocaine
 * Cyclophosphamide
 * Dobutamine
 * Doxorubicin
 * Methyldopa
 * Penicillin
 * Phenytoin
 * Spironolactone
 * Streptomycin
 * Sulfonamides
 * Tricyclic antidepressants