title: Financial analysis of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a high school wrestler.
abstract: This article tracks the progression of an easily preventable skin infection of a high school athlete that occurred due to the lack of a cleanliness protocol in a high school gym. The extensive and expensive progress of the infection resulted in a major near-death event for the teen. Guidelines for school athletic programs are included. The ethical principle of justice supports nursing and public attention to prevention rather than tertiary care.
authors.affiliation: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Folsom, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Diane M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: O'Laughlin
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cook
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002140:California; D017281:Cost of Illness; D003422:Critical Care / Q000191:economics; D018450:Disease Progression; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000191:economics* / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods; D012307:Risk Factors; D012572:School Health Services / Q000191:economics; D012573:School Nursing / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000209:etiology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000191:economics* / Q000628:therapy; D014952:Wrestling