[Secondary immunologically-caused myocarditis, pericarditis and exudative pleuritis due to meningococcal meningitis].

Myocarditis, pericarditis and pleural effusion as secondary immunological reactions due to meningococcal meningitis are rare. Meningococcal meningitis is itself uncommon, with a morbidity of approximately 1.25 cases per 100,000 inhabitants per year in Germany.