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We did a retrospective single-center cohort study of children under 18 years old hospitalized with infectious meningitis or encephalitis. Incidence rates were calculated using collected data from patients from the North-East Poland only. A total of 374 children hospitalized between 1 January 2015 and 31 December 2019 were included in the study. A total of 332 (89%) children had meningitis, and 42 (11%) had encephalitis. The etiology of the infection was established in 331 (89%) cases. Enteroviruses accounted for 224 (60%) of all patients. A total of 68 (18%) cases were tick-borne infections. Bacterial pathogens were detected in 26 (7%) children. The median length of hospital stay for children with enteroviral meningitis was 7 days (IQR 7\u20139), increasing to 11 days (8\u201313) in those treated with antibiotics. The incidence of meningitis was estimated to be 32.22 (95% CI, 25.33\u201340.98) per 100,000 and that of encephalitis to be 4.08 (95% CI, 2.07\u20138.02) per 100,000. 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