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An evaluation was carried out of this multiplex protocol based on the detection of <jats:italic>cadF<\/jats:italic> (genus specific), and <jats:italic>hipO<\/jats:italic> (<jats:italic>C. jejuni<\/jats:italic>) and <jats:italic>asp<\/jats:italic> (<jats:italic>C. coli<\/jats:italic>) genes, using stool from patients with <jats:italic>Campylobacter<\/jats:italic> enteritis and chicken. Protocol sensitivity was assessed and specificity determined using a panel of enteric bacteria, and evaluation of 30 diarrhoeic stool specimens culture negative for <jats:italic>Campylobacter<\/jats:italic>. Of the 114 specimens (54 human and 60 chicken) evaluated by the protocol, 70 (61.4\u200a%) were identified as <jats:italic>C. jejuni<\/jats:italic>, 35 (30.7\u200a%) as <jats:italic>C. coli<\/jats:italic> and 9 (7.9\u200a%) as a mixed infection\/colonization with both species. All mixed infections were identified as <jats:italic>C. jejuni<\/jats:italic> by culture. Among the stool specimens that were culture negative for <jats:italic>Campylobacter<\/jats:italic>, two (6.7\u200a%) were <jats:italic>C. jejuni<\/jats:italic> positive by multiplex PCR. The protocol sensitivity limit was 0.015\u20130.016\u2005ng <jats:italic>C. jejuni<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>C. coli<\/jats:italic> DNA\u200a\u03bcl<jats:sup>\u22121<\/jats:sup> in the specimen. There was no cross-reaction with the reference strains assessed. Comparison of hippurate test and multiplex PCR demonstrated 17 isolates with false-positive hippurate enzymic activity and 7 with false-negative activity. This rapid protocol (turnaround time 6\u2005h) is highly sensitive and specific for direct evaluation of stool for these pathogens. 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