Myocarditis can be brought by a wide range of infectious and non-infectious causes. Mostly (in up to 95% cases) it is caused by some of virus, less often by bacterium, parasites (mainly in South and Central America) and rarely by fungus, toxins and drugs (in this case we talk about so called hypersensitive eosinophilic myocarditis) or myocarditis is a consequence of other, mostly autoimmune diseases. It is difficult to describe all infectious causes (virus, bacterium, and parasite) of myocarditis, because the disease can be induced by huge amount of causes. It makes diagnosis and treatment harder. Mostly it is about viruses, causing infection of the respiratory system and alimentary canal. In the following table, you can find some examples of infectious and non-infectious cases. The most frequent of them are highlighted. There are also mentioned diseases in brackets, which are brought about by these causes and which are more frequent and known. Alternatively, there are mentioned even abbreviations and notes.

Author of the opening picture: Thomas Splettstoesser