A young fit man presenting to the emergency department with a painful neck due to a thyroid abscess

MeSH terms

• Abscess / diagnosis*
• Abscess / drug therapy
• Adult
• Amoxicillin / therapeutic use
• Amoxicillin-Potassium Clavulanate Combination / therapeutic use
• Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
• Ceftriaxone / therapeutic use
• Clindamycin / therapeutic use
• Diagnosis, Differential
• Humans
• Male
• Neck Pain / diagnosis
• Neck Pain / etiology
• Soft Tissue Infections / diagnosis*
• Soft Tissue Infections / drug therapy
• Streptococcal Infections / diagnosis*
• Streptococcal Infections / drug therapy
• Streptococcus pyogenes / isolation & purification*
• Thyroid Diseases / diagnosis*
• Thyroid Diseases / drug therapy
• Thyroid Gland / abnormalities*
• Tomography, X-Ray Computed
• Ultrasonography