['Available literature concerning the epidemiologic or clinical features of vulvovaginal candidiasis commonly reports that: 75% of women will experience an episode of vulvovaginal candidiasis in their lifetimes, 50% of whom will experience at least a second episode, and 5-10% of all women will experience recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis (≥4 episodes/1\xa0year). In this debate we traced the three commonly cited statistics to their presumed origins.'] Are highly-cited estimates of the cumulative incidence and recurrence of vulvovaginal candidiasis inadequately documented?