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What are the etiologies causing pericarditis?

Author: H K



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Infectious (viral [coxsackie, echo, mumps, adeno, hep, HIV], pyogenic [pneumococcus, strep, staph, neisseria, legionella], TB, Fungal [histoplasm, coccidio, candida, blastocyto], others [syphilis, protozoa, parastie]) Non-infectious (acute MI, Uremia, Neoplasia [primary/secondary metastasis], myxedema, cholesterol, chylopericardium, trauma, aortic dissection leak to sac, FMF [Mulibery nanism], acute idiopathic, Whipple's, sarcoidosis) Hypersensitivity/Autoimmune pericarditis (RF, collagen vascular disease, drug induced, postcardiac injury (MI/pericardiotomy/trauma))


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