
Caitlin McClain, a nurse and Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) survivor, says pharmacists are well placed to help patients tell routine antibiotic adverse effects apart from CDI, which could lead to earlier diagnosis.

Caitlin McClain, a nurse and Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) survivor, says pharmacists are well placed to help patients tell routine antibiotic adverse effects apart from CDI, which could lead to earlier diagnosis.

Caitlin McClain describes how months of unrecognized C difficile infection after antibiotic treatment led to septic shock, failed fecal transplants, and, eventually, a successful donor-directed fecal microbiota transplant.