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Our objective is to evaluate the prevalence and clinical impact of CMV DNAemia among patients undergoing invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) for severe SARS-CoV-2 infection and to explore the association between CMV DNAemia levels and clinical outcomes. Methods: In this retrospective monocentric study, we included patients admitted in a tertiary ICU for severe COVID-19 and who required IMV. We aimed to compare clinical and demographic variables between patients with and without CMV DNAemia. Univariate and Cox regression analyses were performed to identify factors associated with CMV DNAemia. Results: During the study period, CMV blood DNAemia occurred in 30\/135 patients (22%). Patients with CMV blood DNAemia had longer ICU and hospital length of stay, as well as longer duration of IMV, and were more likely to have received dexamethasone. However, there was no significant difference in ICU mortality between patients with and without CMV DNAemia (64.8% vs. 56.7%, p = 0.42). The Cox regression analysis showed that dexamethasone was the only factor independently associated with CMV blood DNAemia (HR 4.23 [1.006\u201317.792], p = 0.049). 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