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. We sought to determine the association between HIV-induced immunosuppression, virologic correlates, and vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC).  Methods . This is a retrospective cohort study, where HIV infected and uninfected women were studied with VVC being the primary outcome. Ninety-seven HIV-infected and 101 HIV-uninfected women were enrolled between June and December 2011. Cases of VVC were confirmed. HIV RNA load was determined by RT-PCR and CD4 counts were obtained from medical records.  Results . Fifty-two of 97 (53.6%) HIV-infected and 38/101 (37.6%) HIV-uninfected women were diagnosed with VVC ( P  = 0.032). The relative risk for VVC amongst HIV-infected patients was 1.53 (95% CI: 1.04–2  P  = 0.024). Cases of VVC increased at CD4+ T cell count below 200 cells/mm 3  ( P  < 0.0001) and plasma HIV RNA load above 10 000 copies/mL ( P  < 0.0001). VVC was associated with increased genital shedding of HIV ( P  = 0.002), and there was a linear correlation between plasma HIV load and genital HIV shedding ( r  = 0.540;  R   2  = 0.292;  P  < 0.0001). Women on HAART were 4-fold less likely ( P  = 0.029) to develop VVC.  Conclusion . CD4 counts below 200 cells/mm 3  and plasma HIV loads ≥10 000 copies/mL were significantly associated with VVC.

Determinants of Symptomatic Vulvovaginal Candidiasis among Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Infected Women in Rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa