| VVC | Vulvovaginal Candidiasis |
| RVVC | Recurrent Vulvovaginal Candidiasis |
| MIC50 | Minimum Inhibitory Concentration required to inhibit 50% of isolates |
| MIC90 | Minimum Inhibitory Concentration required to inhibit 90% of isolates |
| MFC | Minimum Fungicidal Concentration |
| CLSI | Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute |
| SDA | Sabouraud Dextrose Agar |
| API 20C AUX | Analytical Profile Index 20C AUX (yeast identification system, bioMérieux) |
| SPSS | Statistical Package for the Social Sciences |
| ANOVA | Analysis of Variance |
| df | Degrees of Freedom |
| χ2 | Chi-square |
| PERMANOVA | Permutational Multivariate Analysis of Variance |