OBJECTIVE To study nosocomial infection and drug resistance status in a mountain hospital. METHODS We collected staphylococcus isolates from Jan 2000 to Dec 2003. Then, data of genera identification, KB disk diffusion test, and meticillin resistance detection were analyzed. RESULTS Totally 137 strains, consisting of 7 genera, were collected. Among them, S. aureus predominated with 35.8%; meticillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) rated with 34.7%; meticillin-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococcus (MRCNS) ra...