Vulvovaginal Candidiasis

Vulvovaginal candidiasis is an overgrowth of yeast in the vagina resulting in irritation. It is a syndrome rather than an infection and diagnosis of VVC does not rely on laboratory or clinical criteria alone but a combination of the two. The disease spectrum ranges from “innocent bystander,” where symptoms are wrongly attributed to coincidental isolation of candida to complicated disease where VVC is severe, persistent, or recurrent or there is an underlying host abnormality.