Unencapsulated penicillin-resistant Neisseria meningitidis ST-53 clonal complex strain causing symptomatic proctitis in an HIV-negative man who has sex with men: A case report.

We report a case of Neisseria meningitidis symptomatic proctitis in an HIV-negative man who has sex with men attending the genitourinary clinic in Malta. The proctitis was caused by a rare clinical unencapsulated penicillin-resistant N. meningitidis strain of the ST-53 clonal complex.