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INTRODUCTION: Urinary tract infections (UTI) are one of the most frequent bacterial diseases in pediatrics. The incidence of UTI in pediatric patients is not known with accuracy. In newborns is estimated in 1% with a larger proportion in males, while in infants increase between 3 to 5% with the same proportion for both sex. OBJECTIVE: Characterize clinically and epidemiologically the profile of infants diagnosed with UTI in the Pediatric service of the Regional Hospital of Antofagasta. METHODS AND MATERIALS: A descriptive retrospective cross-sectional study. Medical records of patients diagnosed with UTI by the end of the period of May 2009 - May 2010 from the unit of infants in the Pediatric Service of the Regional Hospital of Antofagasta were analyzed. The final sample was 88 patients. The data was analyzed using an Excel 2007 spreadsheet. RESULTS: 71,5% were women. The average age was 8,9 month in a range between 0,5 and 23 month. Most frequent symptoms were fever (97,7%), vomit (30,7%), diarrhea (23,1%), lack of appetite (21,6%) and crying/irritability (16%). The alterations in laboratory was CRP high (96%), pyuria (94,3%) and leukocytosis (87,5%). Only were record the 85, 2% of urine culture of which the most frequent pathogenic agent was Escherichia coli in the 84% of the cases. DISCUSSION: The UTI in infants in our study was more frequent in women and its predominant symptom is fever. The most common germ was Escherichia coli which agree the literature. We value the importance of ask for urine culture to microbiological confirmation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]