Description

Inflammatory cardiomyopathy evolves as myocarditis damages the heart, resulting in deterioration of function. It may occur due to a range of conditions.


Infectious:

(1) virus (adenovirus, parvovirus B19, enterovirus, CMV, HHV-6, hepatitis C, HIV, influenza, coronavirus, varicella-zoster, EBV, rubeola, mumps)

(2) Chaga's disease (Trypanosoma cruzi)

(3) Trichinella spiralis

(4) Toxoplasma gondii

(5) bacteria (Brucella, Salmonella, Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Streptococcus, Neisseria, Hemophilus,  etc)

(6) rickettsiae, Coxiella burnetti

(7) chlamydia, mycoplasma

(8) mycobacteria

(9) fungi

 

Autoimmune disease:

(1) sarcoidosis

(2) rheumatoid arthritis

(3) hypersensitivity myocarditis

(4) transplant rejection

(5) SLE

(6) Sjogren's syndrome

(7) systemic sclerosis

(8) immune checkpoint inhibitor

 

Miscellaneous:

(1) giant cell myocarditis

(2) familial

(3) cocaine

(4) eosinophilic myocarditis

(5) drug-induced myocarditis


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