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This single-center, retrospective study assessed patients with thermal or inhalation injury who had a positive culture resulting in initiation of treatment (i.e., excision, topical, or systemic antimicrobials). Demographic data, pathogen and resistance profiles, and prior exposure to topical and systemic antimicrobials were collected. Pathogens were considered DTp if they were multi-drug-resistant (MDR), extensively drug-resistant (XDR), methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing, AmpC-producing, carbapenem-resistant, difficult-to-treat resistance (DTR) Pseudomonas sp., carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB), or Stenotrophomonas spp. Sixty-five patients who grew 376 pathogens were included in the final analysis. Two-hundred thirteen (56.7%) pathogens were considered DTp. Prior exposure to 7 of the 11 collected topical antimicrobials and 9 of 11 systemic antimicrobial classes were significantly associated with future development of a DTp. This remained true for six and eight, respectively, after controlling for significant covariates via logistic regression. As there were only four deaths, a Cox-proportional hazard analysis was not feasible. The Kaplan\u2013Meier plot according to DTp revealed a clear divergence in mortality (Log rank p = 0.0583). In this analysis, exposure to topical and systemic antibiotics was associated with the development of DTp. 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