PUMaC 2011 Team Sudoku Problem 19

For any k \in \mathbb{N}, let \varphi_{p}(k) denote the sum of the distinct prime factors of k. Suppose N is the largest integer less than 50000 satisfying \varphi_{p}(N)=\varphi_{p}(N+1), where the common value turns out to be a meager 55. What is N?