Diagnosaurus
Acute myocarditis
Etiology
Infectious myocarditis
- Viral, e.g., coxsackie (most common), HIV
- Rickettsial, e.g., scrub typhus, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Q fever
- Diphtheria
- Chagas' disease
- Toxoplasmosis
- Trichinosis (Trichinella infection)
- Doxorubicin
- Emetine
- Catecholamines (e.g., pheochromocytoma)
- Phenothiazines
- Lithium
- Chloroquine
- Disopyramide
- Antimony-containing compounds
- Arsenicals
- Hypersensitivity to sulfonamides, penicillins, aminosalicylic acid
- Radiation
- Cocaine
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Last updated: December 1, 2014
Citation
Zeiger, Roni F.. "Acute Myocarditis." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2014. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114587/all/Acute_myocarditis.
Zeiger RFR. Acute myocarditis. Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114587/all/Acute_myocarditis. Accessed November 8, 2024.
Zeiger, R. F. (2014). Acute myocarditis. In Diagnosaurus (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114587/all/Acute_myocarditis
Zeiger RFR. Acute Myocarditis [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. [cited 2024 November 08]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114587/all/Acute_myocarditis.
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