Bacterial: Gram positives (S. pneumo, S. auerus), Gram negatives, Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Fungal: coccidiodomycosis, histoplasmosis, toxoplasmosis, blastomyces dermatitidis, and Candida spAutoimmuneConnective tissue disorders: rheumatoid arthritis, sarcoidosis, scleroderma, SLE, Sjögren’s, Mixed Connective Tissues Disorder
Vasculitis: Churg-Strauss, PAN, Wegener’s Granulomatosis can cause pericarditis
Other: Dressler’s Syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease, seronegative spondyloarthropathiesNeoplasmsPrimary: cardiac neoplasms, mesothelioma
Metastatic: lung, breast, and renal cell cancers, leukemia, lymphomaSystemicUremia
Hypothyroidism
AmyloidosisCardiovascularAcute MI (usually transmural)
Proximal aortic dissectionIatrogenicIrradiation
Pericardiotomies
Cardiac catheterization
Pacemaker implantation
Myocardial ablation
Medications: dantrolene, doxorubicin, isoniazid, mesalamine, penicillin, phenytoin, rifampin, procainamide, and hydralazineIdiopathic

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