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==Differential Diagnosis of Underlying Causes==
A large number of different causes have been identified as leading to myocarditis:<ref name="pmid11070105">{{cite journal| author=Feldman AM, McNamara D| title=Myocarditis. | journal=N Engl J Med | year= 2000 | volume= 343 | issue= 19 | pages= 1388-98 | pmid=11070105 | doi=10.1056/NEJM200011093431908 | pmc= | url= }} </ref>

===[[Infectious disease|Infectious]]===

*[[Virus|Viral]] 
:*[[Enterovirus]] 
:*[[Coxsackie virus]] 
:*[[Rubella virus]] 
:*[[Polio virus]] 
:*[[Cytomegalovirus]] 
:*[[Adenoviruses]]
:*[[Arboviruses]]
:*[[Coxsackie virus|Coxsackie virus A]]
:*[[Coxsackie virus|Coxsackie virus B1-B5]]
:*[[CMV]]
:*[[Echovirus]]
:*[[Epstein-Barr virus]]
:*[[Flavivirus]]
:*[[Hepatitis|Hepatitis virus]]
:*:*[[Hepatitis C]]
:*[[HIV]]
:*[[Influenza]]
:*[[Measles virus]]
:*[[Mumps|Mumps virus]]
:*[[Polio|Polio virus]]
:*[[Rabies|Rabies virus]]
:*[[Varicella Zoster Virus]]
* [[Bacterium|Bacterial]]
:*[[Actinomyces]]
:*[[Whipple's disease|Tropheryma whipplei]]
:*[[Vibrio cholerae]]
:*[[Group A streptococcal infection|Beta hemolytic Streptococci]]
:*[[Brucella]]
:*[[Corynebacterium diphtheriae]]
:*[[Enterococci]]
:*[[Gonococcus]]
:*[[Legionella]]
:*[[Meningococci]]
:*[[Pertussis]]
:*[[Psittacosis]]
:*[[Rickettsia]]
:*[[Salmonella]]
:*[[Syphilis|T. Pallidum]]
:*[[Staphylococci]]
:*[[Tetanus|Clostridium Tetani]]
:*[[Tuberculosis]]
:*[[Tularemia]]
:*[[Spirochete|Spirochetal]] 
:*:*[[Borrelia burgdorferi]] 
:*:*[[Leptospirosis]]
*[[Protozoa]]l 
:*[[Toxoplasma gondii]]
:*[[Trypanosoma cruzi]]
* [[Fungus|Fungal]]
:*[[Aspergillus]]
* [[Parasite|Parasitic]]
:*[[Ascaris]]
:*[[Echinococcus granulosus]]
:*[[Paragonimus westermani]]
:*[[Schistosoma]]
:*[[Taenia solium]]
:*[[Trichinella spiralis]]
:*[[Visceral larva migrans]]
:*[[Wuchereria bancrofti]]

===[[Immunology|Immunological]]===
* [[Allergy|Allergic]] 
:*[[Acetazolamide]]
:*[[Amitriptyline]]
* [[heart transplant|Rejection after a heart transplant]]
* [[Autoimmune disorder|Autoantigens]] 
:*[[Vasculitis|systemic vasculitis]] 
:*[[Churg-Strauss syndrome]]
:*[[Wegener's granulomatosis]]

===[[Toxicology|Toxic]]===
*[[Medication|Drugs]] 
:*[[Anthracycline]]s 
:*[[Chemotherapy]] 
:*[[Ethanol]]
:*[[Antipsychotic]]s
:*:*[[Clozapine]]
:*[[Remicade]]
* [[Toxin]]s 
:*[[Arsenic]]
:*[[Carbon monoxide]]
:*[[Snake venom]]
* [[Heavy metals]] 
:*[[Copper]]
:*[[Iron]]

===Physical agents=== 
* [[Electric shock]] 
* [[Fever|Hyperpyrexia]]
* [[Radiation]]

Bacterial myocarditis is rare in patients without [[immunodeficiency]].

==References==
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