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Lesley Skalla

Overview

Lesley is a Research and Education Librarian at the Duke Medical Center Library & Archives. She serves as the liaison to Biomedical Research and Population Health, the IACUC librarian, and is the lead for Data Management at the Medical Center Library.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Recent Publications

Management of Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia: A Review.

Journal Article JAMA · September 2, 2025 IMPORTANCE: Staphylococcus aureus, a gram-positive bacterium, is the leading cause of death from bacteremia worldwide, with a case fatality rate of 15% to 30% and an estimated 300 000 deaths per year. OBSERVATIONS: Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia causes m ... Full text Link to item Cite

A Systematic Review of Health-Related Quality-of-Life Measurement in Patients With Complicated Intraabdominal Infections.

Journal Article Clin Infect Dis · August 6, 2025 BACKGROUND: In this systematic review, we assessed health-related quality-of-life (HRQoL) measures in patients with complicated intraabdominal infections (cIAIs) commonly associated with sepsis and evaluated the impact of cIAIs on HRQoL. METHODS: Following ... Full text Link to item Cite

A Systematic Review of Health-Related Quality-of-Life Measurement in Patients With Hospital-Acquired/Ventilator-Associated Bacterial Pneumonia.

Journal Article Clin Infect Dis · August 6, 2025 BACKGROUND: We conducted a systematic review to gain insight into how health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is measured and reported in hospital-acquired bacterial pneumonia (HABP) and ventilator-associated bacterial pneumonia (VABP), common causes of dis ... Full text Link to item Cite
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