Myocarditis can be caused by a wide range of infectious agents.
Bacteria:
(1) Staphylococcus species
(2) Streptococcus
(3) Streptococcus pneumoniae
(4) Neisseria meningitidis
(5) Neisseria gonorrhoeae
(6) Salmonella species
(7) Corynebacterium diphtheriae (toxin)
(8) Hemophilus influenzae
(9) Mycobacteria species
(10) Mycoplasma pneumoniae
(11) Brucella species
(12) Nocardia
(13) Actinomyces
(14) Clostridium species
Spirochetal:
(1) Borrelia (Lyme's disease)
(2) Leptospira (Weil's disease)
(3) Treponema pallidum (syphilis)
Fungal:
(1) Aspergillus
(2) Blastomyces
(3) Candida
(4) Coccidioides
(5) Cryptococcus
(6) Histoplasma
(7) Mucormycosis
(8) Sporothix
Parasitic:
(1) Trypanosoma cruzi
(2) Toxplasma gondii
(3) Entamoeba
(4) Leishmania
(5) Trichinella spiralis
(6) Echinococcus granulosus
(7) Taenia solium
Intracellular pathogens:
(1) Coxiella burnetii
(2) Rickettsia rickettsii
(3) Rickettsia tsutsugamuschi
Viral:
(1) coxsackievirus
(2) echovirus
(3) poliovirus
(4) influenza virus
(5) respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
(6) mumps virus
(7) measles virus
(8) rubella virus
(9) hepatitis C
(10) dengue
(11) yellow fever
(12) Chikungunya virus
(13) Junin virus
(14) Lassa fever
(15) rabies
(16) HIV
(17) adenoviruses
(18) parvovirus B19
(19) cytomegalovirus
(20) human herpes virus 6
(21) Epstein-Barr virus
(22) varicella zoster virus
(23) herpes simplex virus (HSV)
(24) variola virus
(25) vaccinia virus
