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What is (approximately) the expected value of $X\log{ X}$ where $X$ is binomial (or Poisson)?

Let $X$ follow a binomial distribution with parameters $n$ and $p$. Are there any known bounds for the expected value of $X\log{X}$, for large $n$ and small (but fixed) $p$? A Poisson approximation ...
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