MBL2 and diabetes mellitus: A number of other risk factors predispose women to RVVC, including poorly controlled diabetes mellitus, recent antibiotic use causing a disturbance in the vaginal flora, endogenous and exogenous oestrogen (including pregnancy, hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and the combined oral contraceptive pill), immunosuppression and iron, vitamin D or mannose binding lectin (MBL) deficiency [4,5,6,7].