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
There's more to see -- the rest of this topic is available only to subscribers.
Last updated: December 1, 2014
Citation
Zeiger, Roni F.. "Acute Myocarditis." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2014. Medicine Central, im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114587/all/Acute_myocarditis.
Zeiger RFR. Acute myocarditis. Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. https://im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114587/all/Acute_myocarditis. Accessed May 18, 2025.
Zeiger, R. F. (2014). Acute myocarditis. In Diagnosaurus (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114587/all/Acute_myocarditis
Zeiger RFR. Acute Myocarditis [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. [cited 2025 May 18]. Available from: https://im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114587/all/Acute_myocarditis.
* Article titles in AMA citation format should be in sentence-case
TY - ELEC
T1 - Acute myocarditis
ID - 114587
A1 - Zeiger,Roni F,
Y1 - 2014/12/01/
BT - Diagnosaurus
UR - https://im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114587/all/Acute_myocarditis
PB - McGraw-Hill Education
ET - 4
DB - Medicine Central
DP - Unbound Medicine
ER -
