A 2-day-old boy born by normal vaginal delivery at home, is…
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A 2-dаy-оld bоy bоrn by normаl vаginal delivery at home, is brought to the office with bilateral purulent secretions and chemosis. Fluid obtained from the exudative secretions shows gram-negative diplococci consistent with Neisseria gonorrhoeae. He is treated with ceftriaxone and followed one month later. The baby appears to be growing and developing well, and his ophthalmologic evaluation is unremarkable. Which of the following complications was most likely to occur, had this baby not been treated?