OBJECTIVE: To investigate the distribution and drug resistance of Acinetobacter baumannii in our hospital, and provide reference for rational use of antibiotics. METHODS: Clinical specimen of inpatients in our hospital from Jan. 2012 to Dec. 2015 was collected, the identification of strains and drug sensitivity test were performed by the VITEK-2 microorganism analyzer; use rate of antibiotics and detection of multidrug-resistant and pandrug-resistant A. baumannii for inpatients in our hospital were analyzed, and their correlation was detected by Pearson correlation analysis. RESULTS: Totally 2 468 strains of A. baumannii were isolated in our hospital during 2012-2015, mainly derived from sputum samples (88.2%), distributed in respiratory medicine department (47.0%) and ICU (13.1%); A. baumannii showed totally high drug resistance to common antibiotics, and only sensitive to tigecycline. Totally 386 (79.3%), 434 (61.6%), 358 (53.4%) and 291 (48.0%) strains multidrug-resistant A. baumannii were detected every year in our hospital; and pandrug-resistant A. baumannii were 336 (69.0%), 385 (54.7%), 331 (49.3%) and 256 (42.2%) strains, respectively. There was a positive correlation between the percentage of multidrug-resistant and pandrug-resistant A. baumannii in total strains and use rate of antibiotics (r=0.987、0.981,P<0.05). CONCLUSIONS: A. baumannii has emerged as an important pathogen in hospital acquired infections, which mainly caused respiratory system infection; the drug resistance situation is not optimistic, tigecycline can be used as one of the best choice for treatment of A. baumannii infections; our hospital should continue to control the use of antibiotics to decrease the emerging of drug resistance strains.