Fw: regardless/irregardless (NJC)

[Megan]

Mary,
         I think the word you are looking for is:tubercular( too-bur-que-ler)
refers to a person who is in the active stages of tuberculosis(contagious), or
the tubercular lesion itself present in the lung tissue.
                                              BW,
                                                       Megan(R.N.)