Pharmaceutical compositions for promoting the growth of gram-positive bacilli and increasing the acidity in vagina and the use thereof

A method for treating a patient suffering from vaginitis, and a disturbance of the vaginal bacterial flora or bacterial vaginosis wherein said vaginitis and disturbance of the bacterial flora or bacterial vaginosis are accompanied with a reduction of the number of Gram-positive bacilli, said method comprising vaginally administering to a subject in need of such treatment a therapeutically effective amount of a composition consisting essentially of:

• (a) sucrose and/or maltose in a concentration of from about 2.5% to about 17% w/v based on the total volume of the composition and
• (b) a sufficient amount of a pharmaceutically acceptable acid or alkali, which results in a pH of the composition from about 4.1 to about 7.2;
• wherein said administration promotes selective growth of Gram-positive bacilli in the vagina of said subject.