Hemolysis is the process of red blood cell (RBC) breakdown. Normally, your body makes new RBCs to replace those that have ...

Hemolysis is the #1 source of preanalytical error and can impact potassium results—potentially leading to inappropriate or delayed patient treatment, unnecessary ...

Skip to content viewer section. Streptococci, virulent for animals, but which differ from typical streptococcus pyogenes in a more abundant growth, in being encapsulated and not forming chains, and in ...

If no hemolysis occurs, this is termed gamma-hemolysis. There are no notable zones around the colonies. Staphylococcus epidermidisis gamma-hemolytic. Often when inoculating a BAP to observe hemoloysis ...