Abstract: Objective To understand the colonization and resistance characteristics of multidrugresistant bacteria isolated from ICU patients. Methods Nasal vestibular and rectal swabs of 82 patients admitted in a hospital ICU from November, 2008 to April, 2009 were screened by bacteriological surveillance method, and antimicrobial susceptibility were performed. Data were analyzed by WHONET5.4 software. Results Multidrugresistant strains were detected among 38 patients , the colonization rate was 46.34%, which including 62 strains of extendedspectrum β lactamases (ESBLs) producing Enterobacteriaceae bacteria and 4 strains of methicillinresistant Staphylococcus aureus(MRSA), and multidrugresistant Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa was not detected. 62 strains of ESBLsproducing strains had lower drugresistant rates (4.84%) to imipenem and meropenem,but had high sensitive rates to the other antimicrobial agents, resistant rates varied with different bacteria; 4 MRSA strains were all sensitive to vancomycin, teicoplanin and linezolid, some were sensitive to clindamycin, fosfomycin and gentamicin, and all were resistant to other antimicrobials.Conclusion Colonization rate of multidrugresistant bacteria is high in patients in ICU, and drugresistance is serious, which should be paid attention by clinicians , surveillance should be intensified , so as to avoid the outbreak of multidrugresistant bacteria infection in hospital.