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Isolation and characterization of Campylobacter from retail chicken samples and human clinical fecal specimens. One hundred thirteen samples of retail chicken products and 1,732 human fecal samples were cultured for Campylobacter species (Campy. sp.) by use of selective media. The chicken samples came from both organically raised and conventionally raised poultry. Campylobacter isolates were identified to the species level by a panel of biochemical and molecular techniques as C. jejuni and C. coli. Both C. jejuni and C. coli isolates were analyzed by determination of quinolone susceptibility by Etest and determination of the sequence of the flaA short variable region.