myocarditis

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 UI:980 - Toxoplasma gondii myocarditis

Types

 acute myocarditis
 chronic myocarditis

• lymphocytic myocarditis
• eosinophilic myocarditis
• giant cell myocarditis
• granulomatous myocarditis
• chronic active myocarditis

Etiology

 infectious myocarditis

• viral myocarditis
  • parvovirus B19 myocarditis
  • enteroviral myocarditis (enteroviruses )
    • Cosackie A myocarditis
    • Coxsachie B myocarditis

• • adenoviral myocarditis (Adenovirus )
  • CMV myocarditis (Cytomegalovirus )
  • Herpes simplex virus myocarditis (HSV )
  • Human immunodeficiency virus myocarditis (HIV )

• bacterial myocarditis
  • Bartonella henselae (cat scratch disease ) (1)
  • Spirochetes
  • Rickettsia

• fungal myocarditis
• protozoal myocarditis

 autoimmune myocarditis
 chronic active myocarditis

References

 Kyto V, Saukko P, Lignitz E, Schwesinger G, Henn V, Saraste A, Voipio-Pulkki LM. Diagnosis and presentation of fatal myocarditis. Hum Pathol. 2005 Sep;36(9):1003-7. PMID: 16153464

 Bowles NE, Towbin JA. Molecular aspects of myocarditis. Curr Opin Cardiol. 1998 May;13(3):179-84. PMID: 9649940