EDMONTON, Alta. – Health officials in Alberta said they are investigating five cases of E. coli infections in people but are not linking them to an extensive recall of ground beef.

Alberta Health Services said four of the infections are in Edmonton and one is in Calgary.

A media report on CTV Calgary said a four-year-old Calgary girl has been in Alberta Children’s Hospital since Sept. 11 with kidney failure.

The report said the family of Sarah Demoskoff said doctors told them her case was linked to a beef recall announced on Monday.

The family said Sarah ate pre-packaged ground beef patties and became very ill soon after.

But Alberta Health Services will not confirm if she is one of the cases they are looking into.

The Public Health Agency of Canada said it is not aware of any E. coli cases related to the recall, but it is monitoring the situation.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency first warned on Sunday that ground beef from Edmonton-based XL Foods may contain E. coli.

Products on the recall list included everything from packaged ground beef and hamburgers to meat loaf, pepperoni, bratwurst and Salisbury steak.

Since then, the list of stores the products were sold in has been expanded several times.

The list includes some of the largest retailers in the country including Sobeys, Co-op, Metro, Foodland, Giant Tiger and several corporate and franchised Loblaws Companies stores including Real Canadian Superstore.