[Strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection syndrome in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection: report of a case and review of the literature].

A case of a twenty-one year old woman with Strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection associated with human immunodeficiency virus infection that represents the fifteen case reported in the literature is here presented. Hypothesis for which this association is infrequent and several therapeutic alternatives are reviewed.