Tuberculosis is an infectious disease. The bacteria that cause tuberculosis are called mycobacterium tuberculosis. People with TB or tuberculosis cough excessively and suffer a terrible pain in the chest. They cough up blood and display excessive weight loss, fatigue, loss of appetite, and persistent fever.uberculosis is an infectious disease. The bacteria that cause tuberculosis are called mycobacterium tuberculosis. People with TB or tuberculosis cough excessively and suffer a terrible pain in the chest. They cough up blood and display excessive weight loss, fatigue, loss of appetite, and persistent fever.
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What CAV is. CAV is the name of a combination of chemotherapy drugs used to treat small cell lung cancer and small cell cancers in other parts of the body. It is made up of the drugs. 1  C = Cyclophosphamide. 2  A = Doxorubicin (also called Adriamycin).3  V = Vincristine.ow you have CAV treatment. You have these drugs into your bloodstream (intravenously). Doxorubicin is a red fluid. Vincristine and cyclophosphamide are clear fluids. You can have them through a thin, short tube (a cannula) put into a vein in your arm each time you have treatment.